i dont just love old movies, old movies are my refuge.

[mopinko]

my marriage broke up in january, and i spent so much of that feb sucking up '30 days of oscar'.

the thing about tcm is that they give you so much background not just on the stars but the whole art of movie making. i learned a term- a bit of business.
i watch them these days, and i finally see just what they mean by that.
some movies i just chuckle at those little "bits"
those great, polished little pearls of dialogue. the different lighting styles of different directors. the costumes. the looks on the actors faces. the fedoras and the ties in film noir.

i have a real love for the old titles. as a graphic designer, i know that they did that stuff by hand, and made those type styles themselves showed me just how much goes into a movie.
i have really come to appreciate these little bits.

i used to want to go to grad school for film. way back in the day, when columbia was a cheaper little upstart across mich ave from my school, saic, their claim to fame was their film school, and i thought many times about crossing the street, or at least going there after i got a bfa.
that never happened. i didnt get to study it in a classroom.

but, thanks so much tcm for everything you have taught me about this amazing art form.
and in the end, guess what? all education is self education. you get to put letters after your name because you spent the requisite number of hours w your butt in their chairs, and paid them big bucks for the privilege. it has nothing to do w what you have learned in life, let alone what your talents are.
if they actually counted "hours", like they say, i should have more that the puny little aa and cd that i have to show for a lifetime of educating myself.
it's a good thing that is all i really care about.