Home Movies
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film studies
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published 19/11/2007
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SummaryNothing can create nostalgia like a movie camera. There is something about the moving image that can trigger emotions like few other mediums can. It is easy to get lost in a film; they have the awesome ability of capturing and recreating the past. The nostalgic value of the cinema is immense, but where professionals recreate, amateurs simply need to record. When it comes to remembrance, nothing comes close to the power of home movies. The unprofessional quality of home movies—the poor sound quality, the unedited images—do not impair their power; they are what makes them all the more endearing. These amateur aspects of home movies have also become an often-used effect in the world of professional cinema. When a film wants to be wistful, emotional, and touching, nothing can achieve the same effect as old-fashioned home movies.
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- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) stands out in a genre that is attempted often, but very rarely succeeds.
- During this home movie montage, no diajetic sound is to be heard. The home movies are silent, and Ray Charles' 'The Spirit of Christmas' presides over the entire montage.
- The home movie sequence in this film is one of the most memorable scenes.
- As Clark Griswold sits teary-eyed watching the home movies of a Christmas long ago, the viewer can't help but feel nostalgic as well.
- The fact that a couple dusty reels of film can inspire such emotion in someone is a phenomenon. It is also very relatable.
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