amy- Finale or Finally?

I think the course Sacred Communication is an interesting concept. Typically, I enjoy European film. However, watching Kierslowski week after week takes a tole on one's psyche. It really took me a while to get used to the constant barrage of depressing images. Like most, I am very affected by what I see. I tend to think about things much later and allow it to hit me at the core of my being. This can be a good thing, but can also be detrimental after watching traitors, suicidal lovers, murderers and all types of sins. For me, it is never just "analytical." To allow my thoughts to dwell in such darkness can be a dangerous process, since I do indeed tend to feel most strongly. Towards the end of the class, I started to be able to disconnect myself from the harsh nature of the films, so that I could fully understand what Kierslowski is trying to say.

This is mainly for Kieslowski's films though. The other types of European films I really enjoyed. Wings of Desire is quite possibly one of the best displays of cinematic genius I have seen in a long time. I also loved tapping into a small part of the European thought-processes through their films. I think that American film should take a hint from European film instead of putting out shoddily done scripts that could have been taken from the other replicas.

Learning how to extract the meanings from films is a valuable tool that I am glad to have improved upon. We are fed so many images by the media that it is important to really understand what they are trying to tell us.