The Photographic Memory Of Film

Okay, now we're just getting silly. We're digging up all these old super 8 films one after another when nobody really wants to see them anymore; nobody really cares. Old silent images of insignificant people doing insignificant things that happened more than 30 bleedin years ago. Hoisting it all up onto a stupid blog as if we're raising some kind of flag or retired team sweater to the rafters that we should all stand back in awe and salute. Bah; it's all just so... insignificant.

No it's not! It's powerful fun for the whole family is what it is. Clean wholesome fun with a dash of misty eyed, soul searching reflection. You bet. Old films like these should be given the same sort of respect that we give to the elderly and the crippled in our society. They both earn our admiration just for hanging around as long as they have. And with film, there's no sugar coating the past with needless embellishments. No whopper lies or tall tales. Because we're seeing the past exactly as it was. Film can boast a photographic memory. Ain't no exaggerating with motion pictures.

Here's some more of what I've been talkin' about: the world as it once was with people as they once were. Take note of the deleted scenes from "I Love To Walk" and "Esther; Teenage Runaway". And yes (sigh) Big Al is aboard once again.