Bullets Are Like Words and Words Are Like Bullets
16 May 2005
It occurred to me today, as I thought about a recent episode of Alias, that in the best films, bullets are like words and words are like bullets. In lesser films, bullets are like bullets and words are like words. This is to say that when film is at its best, physical actions have the magnetic power and depth of words, and words have the power to pierce as deeply as any bullet or knife. Ever sit there on the edge of your seat, hoping that someone wouldn't say something? Or do something? How about the ending of Seven, where you're watching Brad Pitt with the gun. Getting ready to squeeze...getting ready, but no...yes...then he pulls the trigger. And you know what it all means. You know that he knows what it all means. But he had to. Start the movie that way, and you simply wouldn't care. That's how stories go. They make you care. They make you interested. They make you want to see more. It's true for movies, television, video, and, you guessed it, wedding video.









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