Film.

"Film as dream, film as music. No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul. A little twitch in our optic nerve, a shock effect: twenty-four illuminated frames a second, darkness in between, the optic nerve incapable of registering darkness."

- Ingmar Bergman

I'll always remember "Art of Film" as one of the best classes I've taken in my high school career. It's not because we weren't tested. It's not because we had no homework. The course completely opened my eyes to film. While I'll always be a romantic comedy fan at heart, I'm definitely much more open to seeing other genres now. I've seen and loved films that I probably would have never come across in my life.

Thank you, Mr. D, for giving me the gift of film appreciation. I hope everyone who has been reading my blog has enjoyed my thoughts and opinions on the films we have seen in class. I'm truly sad to see Art of Film end and will miss everything about the class. But as one of my favorite quotes goes, "All endings are beginnings. We just don't know it at the time." This is the beginning of my film life.

Peace, love, and film,

MD