tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36041047.post116358657886116894..comments2014-06-26T01:33:09.013-07:00Comments on TWO CENT CINEMA: STRANGER THAN FICTION: DiscussionAdam Hann-Byrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17638266907534378529noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36041047.post-86004963101293340592007-03-23T04:28:00.000-07:002007-03-23T04:28:00.000-07:00Hello Adam. Your sense of lacking in STF seems ve...Hello Adam. <BR/><BR/>Your sense of lacking in STF seems very accurate. <BR/><BR/>Compare, for example, "Being John Malkovich." John Malkovich does a an excellent job of getting across "voices in the head" because he does not idiotically "hear" things, rather, he has a feeling as if trying to remember something, and then his thoughts ALMOST organically move to those being abnormally formed in his mind.<BR/><BR/>The script seems faulty; Would an accountant ever yell into the sky, no matter how severe the psychosis, i.e "voices" in the head? No. The idea of psychosis is misunderstood, or made flat in STF, and the slots where thoughts occur in his head are wasted on banalities. The "voices" sections should have been worked on until they could create their own unique micro lense of thought. And we should have seen the author hammering out these lines, and "discovering" something interesting.<BR/><BR/>In short, STF lacks understanding, and use of, the fascinating meanings and subtle nature of mental disfunctions such as psychosis.<BR/><BR/>Also, as a personal note of discovery, would it be fair to say Christina Ricci can play such astoundingly delicate characters as Wendy Hood, and Layla in B66, because of a certain lefthandedness in her heart? I may be just looking at the work of hollywood effects, but if you know I would appreciate your insight. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your site, and if you might be able to answer my query I would be very grateful.<BR/>greenstreet5000@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com