The Purple Rose of Cairo

record has captured and enchanted audiences since its origination with the Lumiere Brothers and, as it developed, it began to be used to convey messages and ideas. Film started to become a inventive outlet that then turned to a catalyst of philosophical thought. Film theorist Sergei Einstein express that film as a work of art, understood dynamically, is just the process of arranging images in the feelings and listen of the spectator.Thus, directors began to realize that audience manipulation was possible by dint of the images and sounds they de lie inred, as tumesce as through the way these images and sounds were presented it all has an effect of how viewers thought of and interpreted the films. This is especially clear in the German film, Triumph of Will, directed by Leni Reifenstahl. eyepatch the film is brilliantly make, with moving cameras, the utilization of long contr run lenses, aerial photography, and a revolutionary approach to musical accompaniment, the film was to a fault incredibly propagandistic and artful at the time of its release.The entire film is a vehicle to promote the ideologies of Hitler beginning with Germanys near-destruction in World War I and depicting Hitler as a messiah, descending from the skies to greet his violent followers. In the opening minutes of the film, there are close-up and over-the-shoulder shots of Hitler, making him actualisem rather personable, adored, and somewhat noble. in that location are also shots of children approaching him, showing that the ideas of innocence and purity are to be seen as parallel of latitude to the views and goals Hitler himself.Aesthetically, the entire film is superbly done, and politically its manipulative powers are astonishing. By showing Germany as merge under the divine rule of Hitler, it brought the nation together and created one of the most destructive and coercive nations in the 1940s. While film jakes be used as propaganda, like in Nazi Germany, it can also be used to provoke thought, rather than control it, manipulate it, or deceive it. In Woody Allens film The Purple lift of Cairo, the audience is pushed to move beyond the appearance of things and manage other worlds, other perspectives.For the heroine, Cecilia, film is an explode and an impossible inspiration. According to the fictitious movie (The Purple rosebush of Cairo), the purple rose itself is supposed to grow in a pharaohs tomb the expression of a perfect love. However, no flower can grow without light making it an impossible inspiration. According to Plato, and to part to Allen, our relationship with truth is rather grim. When we attend movies we are much like Platos captives, chained liner a cave wall, only seeing a world of shadows our reality is suspended.But another point is made although we can be deceived by shadows, we are also capable of understanding and incredulitying anything, shadows included. Yes, film is an escape from reality and the idea of organism able to t ruly escape a somewhat horrid livelihood is unimaginably wonderful, provided thats just it it is an idea. Change has to be brought on by oneself, not an unreliable outside(a) source, and perfection is an illusion. I as a viewer absolutely love how Allen presents these ideologies in The Purple Rose of Cairo.He gives it an unconventional point of view, setting up a series of contrasts between perfection and imperfection, reality and illusion, amiable someone and being in love with someone, that forces us to think about film as well as the actual content of the film. And this all ties back to Platos Allegory of the Cave our manners is conceal and we must aspire to leave and become less dependent on the shadow world. What is interesting is that, in the film, Allen makes the audience unsure of which world is the shadow world and which is the illusion.The perfect world becomes the film world and the out of true one is the desired reality. As entertainment, the film is great a nonsen sical romantic comedy with a less-than-happy ending but philosophically it goes much deeper than that, provoking audiences to think about reality and the importance of imperfection. While on the subject of imperfection, a third film demands some attention. Alejandro Amenabars The Sea Inside presents a whole new perspective on what perfection in life is. Many people see suicide as a selfish act removing yourself from the lives of your loved ones far earlier than they would have liked.However, the question of who is more selfish is posed. Is it the people who remove themselves when they feel no more confederacy to life or the people who expect those who ask to leave to stay, regardless of their misery or feelings of lacking true connection to the vibrancy of life? Thus are the questions presented to audiences upon viewing this film. In my mind, everyone should have the freedom to choose the life they want to live, or not live and to choose what meaning they take out of said life. In Clendines The Good Short Life, it is said that we speak of living life, but never of death.That we act as if facing death werent one of lifes greatest, most absorbing thrills and challenges and that being incoherent and immobile until one only sees friends and family as a passing cloud. Both Clendine and Ramon didnt want to put their loved ones through that, and taking ones life seemed to be the trump solution. Both were vital to the end, and knew when to leave. In my opinion, if someone has legitimate, justifiable reasons to want to leave this earth (such as a degenerative disease), that they have a slump to do so.And if they cannot on their own accord repayable to that degenerative disease, I think that others (physicians, family members, friends) should be legally permitted to assist them. They shouldnt be obligated to assist, but if they give consent and are willing to aid, I think they should be permitted. Mark from Breathing Lessons and Ramon were also similar on a few lev els, but Mark had more hope and determination to live with dignity. Unlike Ramon who saw his life as undignified, Mark viewed it more as excessively challenging. Mark static desired life though considered suicide, but chickened out showing that he did truly still want to live.Ramon, however, was lost in his melancholy and nostalgia for the past, choosing to disregard the possibilities the future could bring. I think that it is a personal prize and that each individual should be given the liberty of making that choice. The phrase dying with dignity always reminds me of greek mythology when humiliated warriors would throw themselves on their swords for an honorable death, rather than live life in humility. I think Ramon saw his life as more humiliating and therefore wanted to throw himself on his sword, so to speak.With this, I think that the US should have a death with dignity law. Everyone has a right to life, as well as a right to death. Film is one of the most influential and p owerful media. Its capabilities to provoke, cultivate, and manipulate audience thought is incredible and worth studying. The innovations that film itself has gone through the get of genres it contains, special effects, and advancements in sound all set in to film as a whole, and all contribute to the beauty of how film is created and suspends the reality of viewers if only for an hour or two.