http://parallax-view.org/2008/12/22/in-praise-of-doubt-in-the-certainty-of-cinema/ Smart Words About Cinema Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://parallax-view.org/2008/12/22/in-praise-of-doubt-in-the-certainty-of-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Daniel Levitt Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:21:20 +0000 http://parallax-view.org/?p=1103#comment-909 Thank you for "getting it right". Too many of the reviews of this movie focused on the "who-dunnit" unresolved mystery of this piece. The truth as you say is that it actually challenges the viewer to assess our own projections (conscious or unconscious) filters through which we see the world. For example, if this movie was made 20 years ago, before the scandal, consensus by viewers would likely overwhelmingly be with the priest. We are accustom to certainty in the movies, as if our right is to have one domain - unlike real life - where we know what really happened and what it means. We don't have that right, but we do have the opportunity to understand ourselves better through the Rorschach/ Thanks for getting it right... Thank you for “getting it right”. Too many of the reviews of this movie focused on the “who-dunnit” unresolved mystery of this piece. The truth as you say is that it actually challenges the viewer to assess our own projections (conscious or unconscious) filters through which we see the world. For example, if this movie was made 20 years ago, before the scandal, consensus by viewers would likely overwhelmingly be with the priest. We are accustom to certainty in the movies, as if our right is to have one domain – unlike real life – where we know what really happened and what it means. We don’t have that right, but we do have the opportunity to understand ourselves better through the Rorschach/ Thanks for getting it right…

]]> http://parallax-view.org/2008/12/22/in-praise-of-doubt-in-the-certainty-of-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-904 admin Sat, 27 Dec 2008 04:07:58 +0000 http://parallax-view.org/?p=1103#comment-904 Thanks for the comment. I was surprised to find that I was so drawn into the film and so caught up in my almost reflexive responses to the characters and their accusations. The more I found myself "believing" one or the other, the more I forced myself to look at why I made such judgments in the absence of any real evidence. That became what the film was all about for me. Thanks for the comment. I was surprised to find that I was so drawn into the film and so caught up in my almost reflexive responses to the characters and their accusations. The more I found myself “believing” one or the other, the more I forced myself to look at why I made such judgments in the absence of any real evidence. That became what the film was all about for me.

]]> http://parallax-view.org/2008/12/22/in-praise-of-doubt-in-the-certainty-of-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Mike Everleth Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:46:37 +0000 http://parallax-view.org/?p=1103#comment-903 Thanks for this. I gave up on reading reviews of "Doubt" for exactly what you say in your first paragraph. I thought the film was terrific and got sick of all the comparisons to the play that I didn't and will never see. Thanks for this. I gave up on reading reviews of “Doubt” for exactly what you say in your first paragraph. I thought the film was terrific and got sick of all the comparisons to the play that I didn’t and will never see.

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