Cats, Dogs and Blissful Ignorance

Isn't it just great to chance upon one of your favorite old films just when you are really bored and have nothing else to do?
Umm...maybe not!



It's so wonderful and horrible at the same time to be studying film. All day everyday I am being trained to break films down to their tiniest of components. It's great because this way I will understand all the ways I can manipulate these components and create good films of my own. It's not nice because now I'm beginning to see beyond what the general audience is expected to see.

I had been the Bad Director's dream viewer all my life - completely ignorant of continuity errors - buying everything that was thrown at me - a perfect Bollywood audience! I feel bad about losing out on the experience of simply being consumed by the images and sounds on the big screen without looking at the lighting, the acting, the composition, the story, the visual structure...OMG, who have I become!

Here's to the memory of that old me and to all the films that I had once truly and innocently loved...here's to the truths about the cats and the dogs!

R.I.P.