Getting Reel
Let’s face it. I’ll never make a blogger, in the regular, dedicated sense of the word. Too much to do outside – I am an urban farmer, after all. And too much to distract – like volunteering at the fringe. And fringe hold-overs. Which brings up a question.
What’s the difference between seeing a play and watching a film? I mean, I know the obvious stuff. Like more close ups in film. Acting can be more subtle. Locations can be more graphically described. And there is a certain excitement in waiting for a film to begin. But it doesn’t compare with the anticipation I feel before a play begins. A play can be more symbolic – more sparse, and yet feel realer in a way than a film. Which is probably why I keep going to live theatre, even though it’s sometimes disappointing. Doesn’t get to the magic place I want it to go.
Someone once told me, “You’re very critical of theatre, but you watch anything on film. ” True to a point. I can be a movie junky. Why is that, I wonder? Why do we [we, possibly] expect more of a play than a movie? Or am I the only one who feels that way?
May 15, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Transubstantiation.