Today's movie series, the fifth installment, is the British film "LOVE ACTUALLY." Hugh Grant, an actor who also appeared in "Notting Hill," plays the British Prime Minister. He is dandy. I absolutely love the feel of a British gentleman. I went to study abroad in the UK because I love him. That's how much I love him. The story about studying abroad is true.
An actor's job is to create a worldview through atmosphere.
I have only worked in the IT industry, and in my twenties, I genuinely believed that work was "something" that could be measured by numbers, and that achieving high results was all that mattered. The presence of a friend who is a film director was a big factor in me vaguely understanding the greatness of art. We often had deep discussions over drinks about the differences in the definitions of "design" and "art."
Design is a method for solving problems, and art is about posing problems, in other words, it's about giving us an adventure into the unknown. We endlessly repeated discussions with such nuances.
Acting is one of the professions in art. I realized how amazing this profession truly is when I visited the China National Film Museum in Beijing.
While recent films heavily use CGI, the filming sets are stark and uninteresting studios, unlike the images one might imagine. There was an exhibit explaining that scenes where someone is cornered by an enemy on a sheer cliff are actually filmed in a space with only a green screen.
Thinking about how people create expressions of life-or-death situations and a sense of realism through acting in such a stark environment, I couldn't help but feel immense respect for the greatness of art and those who work in that profession.
In a world where hate is shouted, love overflows everywhere.
Well, "LOVE ACTUALLY" is one of my top 5 favorite movies, and at the beginning of the film, we see the arrival lounge of London Heathrow Airport. People reuniting happily, narrated by Hugh Grant. They are parents and children, lovers, or old friends. These days, news often highlights hatred, but if you go to the arrival lounge of Haneda Airport right now, you would surely see a lot of "love" as people joyfully reunite with others.
