I read an interesting article the other day about the movie theatre. In that article the author mentioned that there was a group of scientists who tried to invent a new technology to play the movie in brighter environment, so that people could watch movies outside the movie theatre under daylights. However, they failed. The reason? Simple, because no cinema wanted to buy that technology.
That article made me thinking that why people wants to watch the movie in the cinema in the first place. Are people actually going in for the story, or they just want to buy a chance to stay in the darkness, where they could laugh or cry without being seen by others; where they were surrounded by total strangers whom they don't care about and whom,they may never seen again for rest of their lives.
This situation reminded me the Black Square we saw in lecture. A simple black square, standing in the center of a white square board. Represents the real stays in darkness, surrounded by the white reality. Just like the movie theater-- a enclosed dark place under daylights. In the darkness there lies a place where people feel safe, and where people could communicate with “the real” which lies deeply in their heart.
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