Melancholia of Cinema

Melancholia by Lars Von Trier was very captivating. It brought many questions to mind about cinema and how it is presented. It was in a way a bit different to other Hollywood films; in the speed presented in the beginning of the film and effects. But there was a moment or moments in the film where you see Claire and Justine, go ridding before the sun rises. They do this every day in the film, a sort of ritual, when Justine comes to stay with Claire. It leads me to think about the death of cinema. Some critics say that it is dying because we have other means to see and experience a film. I believe that there is decay in cinema, but because of ritual. For many years we have gone to the cinema and are place in that one setting, and many have become for lack of better words, bored with the same routine. We buy our tickets, sit down in our seats, eat our popcorn or candy, the lights dim and we are transcended in another universe. But lately the films being produced are not as captivating as it once was. So people text and talk to their friends during the film, because maybe the universes are not exciting or fun anymore to go into.

The cinema should start to change a bit; someone should come up with something new to help the audience experience the cinema in a different way. In life some of us look for new and different experiences. So why not incorporate that urge and fire to cinema? For years cinema has been successful in presenting movies in one way, but the saying “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it”, does not apply anymore. It is broken and it is time to fix it. We need to embrace the change, or else we will lose something that has been around for decades. 

Face of Boredom and Depression