I never saw the point of blogs until I read some interesting ones. And I’ve had so many stimulating conversations with my friends over the years that I now wish I had kept some kind of record of.
This is a scrapbook to keep together all my thoughts about film and filmmaking. I’m happy to share it with you, my dear reader.
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Yours,
Hugo O’Connor
Incongruous Detail
Like the magician’s left hand…
Yesterday, at the beach, I saw a boy flying his kite. He let go of the strings and before his father could catch it, the kite took off; across the beach, across the road, and up into the power lines where its handle got caught. It kept flying.
A film that is based on true events but that strips away every last detail or moment considered to be inconsequential/insignificant, will seem totally and utterly fake.
It will seem fake because it is fake.