Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
I would like to start this post off by thanking Dr. C For putting me in a depressed mood for the rest of the day. Just kidding. But no, that ending made me so sad and made me think about a lot of things. And the way class ended was just… I don’t know… very moving. It was so interesting to see what this movie was really about. When the movie started I put on my ENGL 345 eyes and looked and listened to everything. My initial thought on the movie was that it was about domination and control and how everything is controlled by something. I also thought about how all the stories were related, and how Errol Morris blended stories together so perfectly, like talking about the behavior of the mole rats, and showing a picture of the audience at the circus, behaving exactly how the mole rat expert was describing it.
I loved the music. It was perfect. And haunting, and it’s interesting that it is a film about death yet the music is not depressing. It’s…hopeful I guess.
Who would have ever thought a lion keeper, a mole rat expert, a shrubbery cutter, and a robot specialist would have something in common. But I guess we all have something in common with them too. We have our passions, we have our mistakes, we have our reasons, we have our plans and fears of the future. I think that Morris could have picked any person and we would all have the same core stories, which is the point of the documentary.
It was beautiful. That’s all I can say.
July 19th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I love how you described the music in Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control as: “hopeful, I guess”. Because in a lot of ways it is the simplicity of the music that allows you to draw your own conclusions within the movie. If the soundtrack were less minimalist I believe that it would clash with Morris’ aim of incorporating so many themes into the movie. I believe that a more complex musical structure would “direct” the viewer/listener more and his choice allows us to explore what he has created more openly.
July 24th, 2007 at 7:05 am
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July 24th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
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