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Dvd Donald Sutherland

You know how they say art reflects life, and life reflects art? I've been noticing that more and more lately. In fact, in a variety of ways I have been noticing mirror effects with all kinds of images bouncing off one another. It's like Russian dolls stacked inside one another, except they never get any smaller. If you want to see the movies and TV shows that watch in a new light, try thinking about the relationships of films to life, and of yourself as a viewer to the finished, polished product.

Of course, people are always making movies based real-life stories. Sports events make particularly good material. The characters are based on real people who actually went through these experiences. Does that mean it is all fact? I get the feeling that there is more going on than just people telling stories about "what really happened." In the 90s two movies came out, almost in the same year, about the famous long-distance runner, Steve Prefontaine, one was called Without Limits and the other was called Prefontaine. Each movie has the same basic plot, and of course the facts have to match up - the races he won, the times he made, his tragically premature death - and yet they portray wildly different worlds. Which biopic about this sports legend, then, is more true?

Each person involved in interpreting "real life" - whether writer, director, actor, or viewer - naturally inserts some of his own art into a story. In Without Limits, Donald Sutherland was cast in the role of Prefontaine and was trying to artfully portray real life, and yet Sutherland's own life-experiences and skill as an actor were bound to influence the art as well. On top of that, the viewer adds another layer, sitting in a theater or in front of an HD TV, watching from the real-world as a piece of art - a movie - unfolds a tale about real life. As if it wasn't already getting tangled enough, huge screens and high definition viewing allow an audience to really feel as if they are watching a scene from natural life.

Given all of this, I think the lines between life and art are a lot fuzzier than we like to think. There is even an art in how real things are shown on TV - one single football game is covered by many different cameras constantly capturing different angles and focusing on different players, with different levels of zoom. The people who edit all of that footage have to make rapid decisions about what to show and what not to show.

As a viewer, you are also starting to have more choices about your own "edits." If you have the NFL Sunday Ticket, you will know that you can choose to follow certain players. By selecting what highlights to watch, you are taking an active role in "editing" real life as it happens. I'm not trying to draw any weighty conclusions, but I think it adds a new level of enjoyment to flipping on your television when you finally see that art is life and life is art.

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