Sociology of film : studies and documents (1946)

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THE ADULT AND THE CINEMA and while walking by the river he momentarily mistakes a young woman for Cassie. A romance springs up between these two, I believe that Cassie's soul was in harmony with his and he visualised it as this young woman. When I saw White Cargo it revolted me. Not the immorality of Tondalayo who can hardly be blamed for it. But the contemptous (contemptuous) way men seem to seduce and undermine coloured girls in a way that they wouldn't have the courage to try on European girls, and yet they are as much entitled to respect as we, I never really realised the havoc passion could cause until I saw this film. More recently I saw Summer Storm, this was a strange film and vividly impressed me. What a fool Petroff was he knew he couldn't resist Olga, he should have killed himself too, when he killed her. Love goes beyond the earth I am sure and they would have been together. Gonience (conscience) is a terrible thing to live with, and he more than payed for what he did to Urbenin. Olga's death was a labour of love and though not justified was excusable. What was so shattering, and yet this was the part that I can't forget, was the cynical ending, his dance card in the rubbish with the broken glass falling on it. The Garden of Allah was a beautiful film. The story briefly is that of a monk who haunted by desires to see the world and experience love breaks his vows. He meets, loves, and marries a lovely French woman with whom he travels the desert, he has found love but loses his peace of mind and feels evil. Eventually his wife learns the truth and persuades him to go back to the monastry. This sacrifice made their lives more noble than they would otherwise have been. When I was younger I believed in God, I never was particularly pious but whenever I comitted (committed) a sin, I always felt guilty and repented. I felt life was worth living, now sometimes I don't, I try to believe but its not always I can. When I see such films as these I feel stimulated and sure that life is not the material thing it seems to be. To be happily married is not nessasarily (necessarily) to be in love, most people are too shallow to experience a love such as these charetors (characters) did, but I shall try to find a life that is as spiritual as it is worldly. 249