WHY DO WE WATCH MOVIES?
The following content is a transcript of the video essay of the same name from the youtube channel CINEMA BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT ( Link ). I urge you all to first read this essay and if you found it not-so-interesting then watch the video. The purpose of this whole exercise is to provide you an insight into the art called cinema and the reason behind out attachment (and obsession as well) to it. So why do we watch movies? When the avenues of entertainment have become more diverse than ever, When the next cool thing is just one click away, When the social media is allowing us to be the hero of our own story, When buying a movie ticket can cost more than a week’s grocery and you don’t even know how that movie will turn out, Then why do we watch movies? We watch movies because they can make us experience moments that are outside of our everyday lives, They allow us - to step in the shoes of a soldier and witness the horrors of war, - Walk...