Hi Mere,
Great idea !!! (a change of subject !!!) .................
Anyway ............
"is there a film you haven't seen in years, but would love to watch?"
For me, most definitely, but, I've got a big problem !! .................... I don't know the title of it !!! And I can't seem to track it down !!!
OK< we're going back into my dark and distant past here .......... in my 1st year at university (1970) , I saw a short, 15 minute film, by Andy Warhol, which to this day fascinates me ! If only I could find it again !!
It's set at a battle (something like the Alamo), and is SILENT ......................... except for the very last second of the film !!
A young soldier is trapped under some rubble, with his rifle pointing directly at his forehead, about 1 inch away. Over the next few minutes, just by brilliant editing, you can see the thought processes going on in his mind!
Eventually, you know that he has made up his mind that this is the end, and that he has decided to shoot himself, rather than die a long, lingering death!
But, both his arms are trapped under the rubble !
Over the next few minutes, you know that he's trying to work out how to shoot himself, and then he realises that, if he can get his boot off his foot, thats lying next to the gun, he might be able to edge his toe around to the trigger!
Eventually, he's managed to get the boot off, and his toe is just about able to get to the trigger, you hear the only sound in the film, a click, as the screen goes black !!
End of film !!!!
All the thought processes are brilliantly brought out by the camera-work, and the editing!
Oh, and it took me a little while to work it out ............ the ending!
Why a click and not a bang ?
Well, compare the speed of sound to the speed of a bullet.
The bullet will kill you before the sound of the gun firing will reach you!
So......... the click ?
The sound of the trigger mechanism, before the gun fires, will reach you before death !!!
Just a brilliant film !!!
I'd love to see it again, but since that day, I've never been able to "track it down" !!
So, if any of you know of it ................... PLEASE, PLEASE tell me the title !!!
Hugs,
Angela. xxx.
What matter if I stand alone?
I wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it has sown,
And garner up it's fruit of tears.