tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452778081872252646.post4860520627958950331..comments2022-10-31T00:44:53.650-07:00Comments on The Flow: Reality CheckJinglei Xiaohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15279195684148449748noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452778081872252646.post-15104945045131365562011-01-23T15:12:48.308-08:002011-01-23T15:12:48.308-08:00You remind us of the duality of dealing with the i...You remind us of the duality of dealing with the ideas and the machinery of making art. Artists must constantly be learning to work with materials and machines to articulate their ideas.johniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452778081872252646.post-78186419610141197882011-01-21T21:35:36.548-08:002011-01-21T21:35:36.548-08:00Funny that you mentioned how the ending reflects t...Funny that you mentioned how the ending reflects the entire movie. I made those same observations. The viseo is amazing, and I can not wait to get to work.Kanesha Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352289502669332398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452778081872252646.post-26443994018144070382011-01-21T21:26:03.041-08:002011-01-21T21:26:03.041-08:00Jinglei, wans't it frustrating for you to watc...Jinglei, wans't it frustrating for you to watch the entire movie, just as simple as it was and then find out at the end, that there WAS not ending at all!? I was less frustrated than I was perplexed. I wonder why Herzog would maintain such a simple and direct narrative throughout the film, but keep the ending so complex and completely unresolved. <br />After thinking about it for quite some time, I somewhat came to a conclusion! I think he was trying to portray through his film that reality is not as simple as it seems. If you remember from the article we read in class, Herzog claims that his work has a "life of its own" and that most of his films depict reality. Hence, if he were really depicting reality through his film, yet leaving it uncertain and vague at the end, was he indicating that life is a big question itself? That reality cannot be resolved, even if one tries to do so? I wish there had been an ending to the film. But I guess that's what makes the film so significantly intriguing!! Without this end, the film would have probably been dull and predictable.Anam Shahidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069172663205003679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452778081872252646.post-24903273007601871012011-01-21T21:18:55.666-08:002011-01-21T21:18:55.666-08:00I feel as though what you've said really cuts ...I feel as though what you've said really cuts to the core of Stroszek. I feel as though, even in the happiest and most hopeful scenes of the film, the idea of bleak hopelessness managed to creep in. Sometimes that is reality, and I also agree that Herzog does an excellent job of bringing the viewer into someone else's intensely strife-ridden reality.hillary.mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17293227785033507429noreply@blogger.com