As far back as I can remember, the first time I really noticed and felt a love for film was probably thefirst film I remember ever seeing - Star Wars: A New Hope. My mum's boyfriend at the time used to put on the original Star Wars trilogy every week for me to watch and I NEVER got bored of them. I was also fascinated by how big the film felt in terms of it's scale and environment and vast array of colour characters. It was literally like another world to me and I was glued to our TV screen like a Mofo, especially when I would watch Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi as those were my favourites of the trilogy at the time. I remember at the back of the VHS case for the film and wanting to know everybody's name on the credits from the music composure to the director George Lucas. I remember being confused as to why the director (a term I wasn't familiar with) was credited before the main actors and my mum's boyfriend at the time told me 'The director is GOD of the film, without them there is no film', I pretty much worshipped directors after that, and especially Lucas.
I would site A Nightmare On Elm Street as another film that made me appreciate films almost as much as Star Wars did, even though I was never old enough to watch it. But I remember the pretty strong effect it had on me. The sense of fear, anxiety and pure terror just captivated me.
The film that REMINDED me as to why I love cinema was Memento. I hadn't really seen anything that blew me away since The Matrix and wasn't really into the whole indie scene. I started to get a little desensitised to a lot of the films that were being shown. But back in late 2001 (the film had already been released on DVD and video for almost a year but I went to a private screening not knowing anything about it) my life and attitude towards film changed after seeing this film. It was the sole reason I decided to study film at university and one of the main reasons why I will never give up on the cinema.
I would site A Nightmare On Elm Street as another film that made me appreciate films almost as much as Star Wars did, even though I was never old enough to watch it. But I remember the pretty strong effect it had on me. The sense of fear, anxiety and pure terror just captivated me.
The film that REMINDED me as to why I love cinema was Memento. I hadn't really seen anything that blew me away since The Matrix and wasn't really into the whole indie scene. I started to get a little desensitised to a lot of the films that were being shown. But back in late 2001 (the film had already been released on DVD and video for almost a year but I went to a private screening not knowing anything about it) my life and attitude towards film changed after seeing this film. It was the sole reason I decided to study film at university and one of the main reasons why I will never give up on the cinema.