But, like cars, they break down when subjected to the test of time – serious scrutiny.
The film industry, like the auto industry, sells a shiny commodity, on the outside. In Spanish "diversion" means entertainment, so why I feel unsatisfied when commercial films designed to draw mass audiences for corporate profit don’t fulfill my serious critical expectations? Indeed, producers design products to "divert" viewing publics from their actual problems and guide them instead to fantasy land where they elude life’s issues. That’s what the industry does, after all, sell products at the box office like the pharmacy sells them over the counter or by prescription, to take you up or bring you down. If you feel good, find a depressing film." I reflect on his advice.
"When you’re blue," my uncle told me, "see a happy movie.
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