—From Lynch to Linklater, not all cinema is about red carpets and box office hits. Tanya Haider compels the masses to explore the world of Art House and Independant film-making
There is the sound of the running bus outside my window. But it is a rollercoaster. There is the yellow of my 60 watt bulb inside my room. But it is a fairy. There is red paint dripping from the side of my table. And it is blood. The random, the questionable, and the unimaginable dream right here in our very own town, Hull Screen gives you Art House Cinema, Independent Film. In a nutshell, expand your horizons and experiment, you will surely be amazed. There is a cluster of words from which I will feed, from which you will eat, and here I am, your messenger of Art in motion.
Look, let’s get right down to it; if I was Godzilla, I know you’d be listening. So why not just pretend? My fellow students, my dear accomplished younglings, I have something for you. It’s called imagination and I know you have it too. I would like your undivided attention because if you don’t listen to me I will step on your house. Yes, that was a Godzilla reference. You have all gone to the cinema, be it to fly from one
building to another like Spiderman or to squish your toes into Sarah Jessica Parker’s impossibly high heels during Sex and the City. But hold on, one second, what if you were up there on that screen telling the world about yourself? The truth of you, your own personal truth. What if you could show your own interpretation of the world, your own personal expansion of any form of distorted, illusionary, dreamlike moment you
cannot seem to let go off? Here, I do not speak of the rich and the famous; I do not speak of Hollywood. I speak of Art. The core. The movement and the visualization. Have you guys ever seen a film called Pan’s Labyrinth? Have you even heard of Four Eyed Monsters? You might have come across Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; you may have seen Requiem for a Dream. Just to get an idea of what I am rambling on about,
watch them. Now.
I want to shove something in all your faces, because as fellow students I have definite faith in all of your capabilities. Let’s face it, if all of us took one day out of the month to go to a cinema that would show us more than the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, we could change in a really big way. As a community, as a mass. We are our own freethinkers today and I cannot emphasize enough just how much of an impact an Art film can have on all of you. You know why? Because above everything else, it is about you. It leaves behind everything plastic and puts forth an issue, a moment, a transformation that could leave you speechless. It changes you. Imagine watching something that would completely change your outlook on the world, that
would make you question everything – that would basically wake you the hell up! Rather than hearing about Lindsay Lohan’s drug disaster or Britney’s latest haircut, you should put your valuable time to good use and consider something that would leave you breathless. The other day I spoke to a very interesting lady, her name is Susan Harr and she runs our very own Independent Film Cinema Hull Screen (www.friendsofhullscreen.co.uk). That’s right folks, right here in Hull; we can all get together and make
an active difference in our own lives. Remember to aim big we have to start small, and what better way then to save our own local hub of artistic integrity? Hull Screen has seen better days and to appeal to you and to us all, Susan Harr and her associates have been fighting to give us the best of all kinds of cinema. This includes promoting viewings of the best films out there today, which Susan and I agreed are of the alternative kind. You can find all the information you need on their website and trust me, once you get involved, you will not be disappointed!
They need members and we need quality film, we should blend that in to a creative cookie-dough that will continue baking for years after we’re done. Now that is a goal we should all think about. So go on, leave your student house or room, take your friends with you and all of you together, start living, start creating for I believe you are what art is. You plus You equals Art. And you are everything. And everything is Art.
Tanya Haider
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