The last time I went to the cinema
with my family, I had an argument with my kids because, although the film was
technically impeccable, I said that it lacked ambiguity. The kids loved the
film and were shocked when I started with my "yes, the film was good
but...".
In fact, that
argument allowed me to realize that, in great part, the sense of unfulfillment
I get after seeing a movie at the cinema comes from the lack of ambiguity of
most current cinema (blockbusters movies, mainly). Hollywood, are you listening?
You don't have to explain the whole movie to the public! The intriguing sense
of mystery that comes from ambiguity has its own charm and can leave a sweet,
enduring, mesmerizing impression (I saw "2001 a Space Odyssey" for
the n'th time recently). Ambiguity can be more important than the consistency
of the story!
Ok, that happened a few weeks ago. Today, I saw a 2h20m video with Leonard Bernstein talking about
"The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity". My first impression was:
"Bernstein! Ambiguity! 2 hours! Wow!" (my second probably was: "He talks!
And what a great communicator/teacher/player he is!"; Third:
"Liebestod! Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune!"). The video is
remarkable for many reasons and leaves important hints to better understand the paths towards beauty and emotion.
The magnificent rendition of Liebestod, maybe the
most beautiful piece of music ever written, with its long and difficult progression to the climax, here with the superimposed image of the
emotion of Bernstein, dancing and feeling the music, is priceless. It starts at 1:16:20 in the video, but do not miss the discussion that starts at 59:45.
(I mentioned Liebestod before in
this blog. This blog needs to have a valid link to it, because I do not
trust my memory enough. Oh,and sorry for my bad english...)
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