Realism

  The spesificity of the filmmaking art is that it's more real than other arts. It doesn't have the conventionality of  theater. It's clother to life. Of course, there's different genres, in which reality changes according to the autor's conception.
     But I want everybody to remember that “realism” doesn't mean shooting on your home camera how people sitting in the park or your old neighbour's lifestory. Or special facts from the life of teenage junkies, like some young filmmakers like to do.
     I found that realism is probably the richest style. If you didn't know, it can be humanistic, magical, symbolistic, conditional, lyrical, idyllic, surrealistic (fantastic) expressionistic, impressionistic, romantical, tragical... and so on and on!!! I disovered a great talent of Gabriel García Márquez and his magical realism, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez  and his incredibly deep, I'd even say, classical realism. He describes characters, their motivation so truly, so deeply. Situation flows like a result of their thoughts and perception of life. Of course, the autor expresses his position regarding society and morality, but, when you're reading it, what exactly you will see in this richness of characters and passions, depends not on autor, but on who you are. In his novel “Blood and sand” (about famous matador) I saw a lot of things at once. Galliardo hates the poverty (in which he grew up) and wants to become the greatest matador. On one hand, it's great. He tries to be the most beautiful, daring, fearless, honorable, to have the most colorful life. He has his own demons, but, also he has his high aspirations and ideals. On another hand, he tries to be higher than society, philistinism,  BUT he's inside of it like noone. He looks for approval of the society, and in the end it kills him, in the symbol of enraged bull.
     For sure, someone needs a great talent to create such qualitative, artistic, and deep realism. But, if you're making a film, you need no less talent to express that realism. In another way, it won't make sense.