tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850434496522412492.post2422888427837492219..comments2023-10-19T05:46:47.188-07:00Comments on The Cine File: Sullivan's Travels: A Dialectical Readingandrew schenkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03827165807994115459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850434496522412492.post-73254910793256178432009-11-25T06:18:52.900-08:002009-11-25T06:18:52.900-08:00I found this a feel good movie in many ways. Its s...I found this a feel good movie in many ways. Its simplicity, production and scene setting creates a sense of s simple soultion to complex and deep moral questions. The divide between rich film studio and the poor common man is far too wide to explain the the journey through the life of the common man in around 30 mins. I actually stopped watching after 55 minutes of smug scenes - and then came back to it next day. The scene of the church laughter suggested to me that all common men were indeed common in laughter - what are common people - hobos? We have feel good films that make us feel good as we leave the cinema that we know are fantasy - and we have feel good films that talk of serious moral issues without depth. The former we watch over and over - such as 'Its a Wonderful Life' - even though we know people do lose homes and jobs when banks fail. The latter we rarely watch again - yet make us feel good having been told that the common people live - like in Sillivans Travels - with a smile on their faces when handed out money or are convicts! What is more dangerous? A thinking film that makes us feel good but gives us nothing to think about?moonwatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14129240583597848223noreply@blogger.com