Choosing a movie to watch is a pain. There is tonnes of content out there, but most of it is either stupid, or violent, or not even about humans. Meg and I usually fight over what to watch. Because it is so hard to find something we want to watch, we end up watching something that doesn’t do anything for us or worse. I am quick to end the suffering, while Meg tends to stick to it, because she’s “invested that much time into it already.”
But sometimes I manage to find movies on Prime that glue me (and Meg) to the screen. Yesterday we saw Die Goldenen Jahre, 2022, Golden Years, in English. They called the film “art house” probably because it wasn’t in English. But it turned out to be terrific, despite the unfortunate fragments chosen for the preview that made me think about watching it twice. I have a feeling the preview was devised to attract specifically American audience.
The time just flew, we haven’t missed a line or a scene. In the end I was astounded. They do make great movies out there somewhere, not all of it is about Hollywood! All of it spoke to me. Terrific story. Characters I relate to. Plenty of twists. And in the end I feel good about the world and myself. It even gave me a few ideas about my and Meg’s own life. Which are we want to have our own female commune and our movie doesn’t have to be made in the US!
All along, our dealing with Hollywood was more like planing a preemptive strike. The interested party is not your friend. And they never say what they mean. I am so tired of it! I just thought there was no alternative. But then I see European movies (I assume the best of them) and I am blown away. It is a totally different approach and it makes me feel. It makes me inspired. In awe at what a marvel a man can be!
Bottom line, as always for me and Meg, is where to from here? Where do we go on this planet? And where do we make our movie? I am happy to see that Meg’s infatuation with Hollywood (alleged money and safety for us) started to fade. I am more and more inclined to follow my heart in this one too.
Header image: a still from Golden Years.