Monsters in the Movies by John Landis

Author:John Landis [Landis, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Direction & Production, Film & Video, Performing Arts, History & Criticism, Reference, General
ISBN: 9780756683702
Google: GrZcLkXZvQ4C
Amazon: 075668370X
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-09-19T07:00:00+00:00

JL: Okay, the last question—and this is the one that everyone has given me radically different answers to. It’s the one I expected the same answer to, but they’ve all been very different: Why do you think people like going to see scary movies?

GDT: I think it is part of our nature as myth-making mammals to tell stories of the dark and what lives in it. The earliest storytellers, seated around the campfire, were trying to make sense of the world. They needed to create angels and demons, and beauty and monsters. Fear can be a very powerful, spiritual experience, and we look for it. People say going to a horror movie is like a rollercoaster ride and I partially agree. But the rollercoaster analogy is limited. On a ride, you’re only scared of being physically damaged. Horror films are a rollercoaster of the soul.

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