Lec 4 MIT 24.213 Philosophy of Film
they of what moviemaking his life one thing we're mentioning Evans of Anderson you didn't the second time because this won't be no I want to jump that into my thoughts about about Wells I was struck by a sort of a pessimistic message that he acted on in both Citizen Kane and magnificent Emerson's and I've put it out in your in your reading the characters all seem to deal with something about the past and but the message isn't isn't the optimistic sort of like life is short like no enjoy it and it's more that the past is no good to us that we can't rekindle the past we can't have it back it's gone it's dead and the movies well at least the initial version of the Magnificent Ambersons didn't have a happy ending and alterations were done that sort of pleased the audience I mean it was happier I get you'll find that out today I haven't seen it yet and the pessimism sort of surprised me so I I guess I spent some time ...