Every so often in my life I have the priceless opportunity of experiencing something that literally changes the way in which I see everything around me. Or at least, something that makes me enjoy life much more and helps me better captivate the miniscule details that make things beautiful in more ways than are immediately obvious. I've noticed that these experiences are generally isolated within certain categories, and for me, they almost always have to with something that our senses consume, like movies, music, landscapes, people. There are specific moments in my brief existence that I can pinpoint with accuracy and say without exaggeration, "it was that very moment that I began to love movies," or music, or books, or whatever tickles my fancy (which is everything).
The point I'm trying to make is that a few weeks ago I had a life-changing experience involving cinema, all thanks to my friend and media mentor, Olivia. We watched a little-known movie called, "Brazil," released in 1985 and directed by Terry Gilliam. After seeing this movie, a lot happened within my brain. I suddenly had a further appreciation for movies and especially books that are created with the purpose of warning our society about the potentially destructive destination it's headed. And although the film and other books that do this, most notably 1984, portray these things in a deliberately over-the-top fashion, if you remove all the goofy characters, sets, and fake special effects, the story begins to be a little too close for comfort. Besides being paying obvious homage to classic dystopian literature, it's a movie that excels like none other in brilliant storytelling and sharp dialogue and easily keeps the audience intrigued with its mystery, romance and an intensely creative premise.
Watch this movie, it's changed my life.
