Movie Day

I'm not going to lie. At first I didn't understand the movie. Yeah, Nick did us a favor and explained some parts, but for the most part, I was just wondering what the hell was going on. I understood the whole premise and how it related to our readings, but as far as the movie goes, it wasn't anything that I particularly was interested in. I read over Vertov again and understood more about what he was trying to accomplish. I can actually see the parts of the movie and see what the idea behind that was. I think that as far as constructivism goes and as far as Vertov goes, the movie was very successful in its endeavors. Using film as a medium is a great way to see the basis of constructivism and how everything is taken out of context and a new one is made by it. I think that Moholy-Nagy and Epstein had as much to do with this idea as anyone. You don't really see reality through a film. If you were to go to the movies today, you wouldn't see normal, everyday events. I don't have an idea of how movies were back then, but I'm pretty sure that they didn't involve the happenings of normal people. Thinking about the movie and about the layout, sans soundtrack, well, not really since they implanted it into the movie, and the articles, I can say that I now have an appreciation for it. I really like seeing how these movements shaped things even now. I think they transcended generations, and it's nice to see how we react to them now.