http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/08/16/invasion-of-the-city-snatchers/ D.C. News, Politics, Media, Arts, and More Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2007/08/16/invasion-of-the-city-snatchers/comment-page-1/#comment-28000 Ernest Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:28:49 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/index.php/2007/08/16/invasion-of-the-city-snatchers/#comment-28000 I read the article with great interest. Without actually having to see the film one can vividly visualize the jumble of the locations from the text. Amusing stuff. But did the filmmakers loose track of what city the movie was in at any given moment indeed as suggested in the post or was an a deliberate artistic ploy, a stylistic device, a purposefully introduced kaleidoscope of the exteriors devised to expand horizons of the intended audience? Perhaps the latter. A film doesn’t have to reflect the so-called objective reality in general and geographical reality in particular for any first-rate work of art creates its own reality where geographical details may be of little significance. I’d certainly recommend “Invasion the Body Snatches” to friends and acquaintances. Hail Herr Hirschbiegel! I read the article with great interest. Without actually having to see the film one can vividly visualize the jumble of the locations from the text. Amusing stuff. But did the filmmakers loose track of what city the movie was in at any given moment indeed as suggested in the post or was an a deliberate artistic ploy, a stylistic device, a purposefully introduced kaleidoscope of the exteriors devised to expand horizons of the intended audience? Perhaps the latter. A film doesn’t have to reflect the so-called objective reality in general and geographical reality in particular for any first-rate work of art creates its own reality where geographical details may be of little significance. I’d certainly recommend “Invasion the Body Snatches” to friends and acquaintances. Hail Herr Hirschbiegel!

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