fake hurricane photo-time.
these are the pictures i shot a few weeks ago on set:
so what’s with the natural desire to falsify reality? creative teams build these massive props, destroy whatever they can get their hands on, “beautify” reality through alternative lighting sources and nobody stops for a even a second to ask a simple little question - why? what’s the point of of it all, why is it done, and for who’s benefit? advertising campaigns, marketing groups, filmmakers, photographers, installation artists.. why do we create the reality instead of just living it? there’s enough beauty in the world for me, and sometimes it’s overwhelming. so why must we create more, instead of seeking out what’s already there?
the strangest part is this: if we have the power to create an alternate reality, why must it be so hellish? why is it about destruction, sadness, trauma, and human grief when we have the ability to create celebrations of life? why would you ever bother watching a movie like “hostel,” why do you need to see someone pretend to rip an eye out of a socket? what’s the point of scary movies, and why would you purposely make yourself feel scared, upset, or angry by watching something like that?
i guess i’m just noticing a trend, and it’s starting to get to me. the news is angry, sad, upsetting. so are a majority of rated “R” movies, and the PG-13’s are even getting pretty raw. what’s up with that? why do humans have a desire falsify reality to re-create tragedy?
if you got answers, i got questions,
Now you understand why I don’t watch movies.
i think you’ll find that there is a lot more ugliness out there in the real world than we actually see. and there is something easy to accept about a movie being fake, like we can walk out of the theatre and be like, well it not real, that wouldn’t happen. people will pay money to see a graphic horror movie, but they probably wouldn’t pay to see an equally graphic documentary where people loose limbs, or get their eyes torn out etc. i think people dont want to accept those things as being real, because ignorance is bliss. i think people also like being reminded of the human condition so they feel good about their own lives. documentary or not, they still go back to their house and bed and food in the fridge and they still have their eye balls. thats why i dont like horror movies, flat out horror movies that take place in present day. i like sci fi horror films, i like scary movies that bend reality all together, but movies that serve to only depict the horror that i know is already out there dont really interest me. they probably tell a good story, and it has a beginning middle and end, so at the end of the 2 hours all the issues are resolved, the bad guys get whats coming to them, and you generally feel better about the whole thing. if only real life could mimic our imagination a little bit more in that sense. on the other hand, there is beauty out there, and i guess its our job as artists to try to harness it or catch it for moment, in a photograph, a painting, maybe a short documentary, or film, so that we can show others what we have found or made among/despite this whole heap of unhappiness.