What Is Cinema?
André Bazin attempted to answer the question “What is cinema?” by writing that
“Cinema is the culmination of humanity’s desire to preserve reality; it is an art whose essence is its photographic basis, its ability to mechanically capture the real, and its highest calling is to respect and reveal the ambiguity of the real world through realism.”
My answer to the question of “What Is Cinema” lies closer to this thought from Jean-Luc Godard:
“Cinema is not a craft. It’s an art. It’s not a profession. It’s a passion. Cinema is a form that thinks, and a thought that forms.”
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For me, film is a way to explore light, space and time. And when things align just right, a thought may have the chance to form.