elaine, 25, film student always, and the last to leave the theatre.

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February 9th
21:15

a message from Anonymous


Hey there. Anonymous again, but you can call me Scott. Have any of those films you made in college been uploaded onto any website, like Youtube, or Vimeo? I'd love to see them. And as for the writing, do you write screenplays? Geat picks by the way. I really dug Eternal Sunshine, and I've heard great things about 81/2, I'll have to check that out. Here's an other wrench for ya. What is the most recent movie you saw that reconfirmed your love of film? And why?

Hey Scott.

Yes, I have some of my college films up, but I’m reluctant to post them up on here.

I write a lot a lot about things that happen to me that I want to remember. Mostly they become part of short stories or screenplays. I’ve dabbled in the screenplay format, but I can’t get past 50 pages, so they’re mostly short films, ideas for tv. I like to write to music videos too. 

The most recent film that reconfirmed my love for film…Scorsese’s Hugo. I went in not knowing anything about the film or book (only saw the trailer) and was pleasantly surprised. It had sold me on the use of 3D (which I wasn’t a fan of until Hugo) and I just loved seeing Méliès films being re-awakened on the big screen (along with Buster Keaton’s, Weine’s…). And I think of the kids watching this and being fed this film history (eat it, kids!) and maybe seeing for the first time the first films ever made. I wasn’t exposed to that as a kid, though I wish I was.

Any film that reminds me how magical filmmaking is definitely reconfirms my love for film, and Hugo was one of those films last year. Thanks for the questions!

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