Travis Bickle, Michael Corleone, and Daniel Plainview all represent a dark part of ourselves. They are also understandable, complicated characters. Oftentimes they dip their toes in evil affairs. But regardless they represent a deep part of our humanity.
At its height, Film can be like a beautiful piece of music that brings a tear to your eye, even though you might not understand why; it can make you laugh at the most absurd things we see in ourselves; it can change a life here and there.
I grew up on Indian reservations. The first schools I attended were tribal schools. I learned some Ojibwe when I was a child. I came around to film shortly thereafter and found myself loving the language of cinema. I grew up with “Taxi Driver,” “The Godfather,” “There Will Be Blood,” “American Psycho,” as well as all the beautiful, dark, conflicted stories of American genre films.
At its height, Film can be like a beautiful piece of music that brings a tear to your eye, even though you might not understand why; it can make you laugh at the most absurd things we see in ourselves; it can change a life here and there.
I grew up on Indian reservations. The first schools I attended were tribal schools. I learned some Ojibwe when I was a child. I came around to film shortly thereafter and found myself loving the language of cinema. I grew up with “Taxi Driver,” “The Godfather,” “There Will Be Blood,” “American Psycho,” as well as all the beautiful, dark, conflicted stories of American genre films.
- 11/30/2021
- by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
- Variety - Film News
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