Reel World

  Realism: the artistic attempt to recreate life as it is in the context of an artistic medium. The artist seeks to report and reveal what he/she sees as accurately and honestly as possible. Romanticism: a movement encompassing ideas like the free play of the mind, and imagination above all else.  It embraces how things might or even should be, leaving the viewer free to interpret, surmise, and surrender to what they have felt as well as seen.  Looking over these definitions, I started to think about how these ideas, movements, philosophies, classifications--whatever we wish to call them-- translate into film.  Eventually, I realized they reminded me that it is always of value to effectively explore the enigma of human nature when considering artistic expression in any of its forms. When some people go to look for inspiration, they flip open a magazine, click through Pinterest, or take to the streets for some old-fashioned people-watching.  While I'll not likely turn down any of th