Aesthetic Chase 02: “I saw a beautiful movie the other day and I thought I
should write about it.”
How often does this happen to you? In this age of movie reviews popping in from every nook and corner of the internet, people take pride in expressing their views on movies even through a- less than ten- word facebook status. And thus the fate of a movie is decided. I too share a similar attitude in deciding which movies to go to. But at times you end up watching a movie you never thought you would, at a movie theatre. And what’s more surprising is that; the very rare thing happens…you fall in love with the movie so much so that you don’t want to review it but write about how it made you want to go dancing on your toes…
---Yes, I did see a beautiful movie the other day and I thought
I should write about it---
If a movie or a book inspires you to take your pen and stare
at a wall and imagine, I believe it has done its part of satisfying me. I
connect to emotions, expressions and relationships. When a 70 year old retired
gentleman seeks to be an intern at new-age, online fashion store, the founder of
the company; an ambitious, young, zany woman is as amused as us. But the
journey they share in knowing each other beyond the generation gap that widely
exists with the fact that the lady here doesn't share a good rapport with her
own parents is just describable by one word- beautiful. You cannot call it a
usual journey of self-discovery because the woman here is at a phase where she
is leading a settled life of a happy family- a sweet little daughter and a stay
home husband- and a successful business- that had a 5 year’s growth in a period
of just 9 months. And the gentleman is widowed, etiquette and busy attending
funerals. It is true that maturity comes with age. But what the elders often
forget while showering advices on the younger ones is that they don’t try and step
into the shoes of the younger ones to feel what it’s like to face the wild rat
race of the current scenario and also forget to give in examples from their
life that suit to the current occasion. Here,
Robert De Niro does just the contrary and
Anne Hathaway finds in him a friend to
confide in.
Yes, many would have guessed by now which movie I am so
enthused about. The Intern directed by Nancy Meyers was my late night catch at
the movies last week. And although I was low on energy, after the show I felt
refreshed by mind. A clean and sensible movie, right of the slate, with no
irrelevant and non- tasteful dialogues.
These days, relationships are hard to find and hard to keep,
but the formula to maintain a person’s happy presence in your life is easy if
you are non-judgemental. If you dig a reason for their mistakes and help in
solving them, you are just being a guide. This guidance can be enjoyed only
until you grow your own identity. But if you let go and breathe in space into a
relationship and make them realize their life on their own; it’s like giving
away an identity for them to own. Ultimately all of us are individuals who own
an identity of our own. If we are able to earn it through a relationship we’d
weigh the person we connect with at a higher level whereas if the relationship
stands in the way of one’s identity, we’d be sinking into depression sooner or
later.
This is what I got to draw out from my movie experience. Many
would find it too much to take in as a lesson from a movie but I guess
perspectives matter. Widen your thoughts, enhance your aesthetics and sensitize
your path and then Beauty would only be at an arm’s length throughout your life’s
journey. (Also a formula to understand what I write! ;))
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