ChavezSpeakstheTruth
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:04 PM
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Was Fahrenheit the most touching 9/11 tribute you've seen? |
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It was for me. It was so tastefully done that the black screen let my mind rerun the images and feelings of that day and not have someone spoonfeed them to me over and over and over and...
Also the floating bits of paper in the smoke was one of the most haunting visuals I've seen in a movie in a long time - speaking purely artisticly
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:07 PM
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1. It was really thoughtfull |
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of M.M. not to show the actual footage of the plane crashes. The sound alone was enough to make people in the theater I went to sob. I myself got a little teary eyed and felt goosebumps all over.
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:09 PM
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2. I think it was a stroke of genius on his part |
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We've seen it so often we're desensitized.
He took a page from radio and let the most powerful element a filmaker (or any artist) has - his audiences imaginations. Its empowering for the moviegoer and I give him special kudos for that!
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:11 PM
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3. Union Square Park, With All The Candles, Monks, Photos, Poems, |
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Edited on Fri Jun-25-04 11:11 PM by cryingshame
and makeshift Memorials will always be the most Immediate and Heartfelt Tribute in my mind.
Totally spontaneous and filled with Compassion. No John Waynes there... except for the cardboard cutout someone had placed there as social commentary.
But Yes, the Black Screen made an impact.
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:13 PM
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6. Oh - I agree - of course. No comparison to live tributes |
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I should have been more specific. And I saw that so I know what you mean.
The flowers piled up at every firehouse is another of the more touching ones which will haunt me
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:17 PM
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the Tibetan chanters and incense will always remain burned in my memory. My wife and dughter sat with them for a long while and the energy was amazing. sad and beautiful in Union square.
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:12 PM
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4. The papers in the smoke really was haunting..... |
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and I just kept thinking about the smoke, and what was in it. I was sobbing, along with the two older men next to me.
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:58 PM
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10. "what was in it".....wow - thats some shit! |
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I hadn't thought of that.
Thanks.
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Sat Jun-26-04 12:00 AM
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11. It occurred to me when they weren't finding many bodies... and |
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then it was all I could think of every time I saw the smoke.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth
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Sat Jun-26-04 12:02 AM
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12. I'll be thinking of that for quite some time - profound |
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People inhaled that smoke, had it on their faces, bodies, everywhere. It reached high up into the sky and to the burroughs beyond.
*Sigh*
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:13 PM
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5. it was a very powerful blank screen |
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and he didn't show what the people were looking up at but we knew what they were seeing.
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Fri Jun-25-04 11:22 PM
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9. Exactly - he allowed the horror we've imagined for 3 years take its |
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Edited on Fri Jun-25-04 11:23 PM by ChavezSpeakstheTruth
personal course. Letting our minds' eyes to see for themselves. He knows how to make a film all right!
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