At this rate, I should be finished with my paper in about 3 hours, or so I hope.
I am writing about la Finestra di Fronte (Facing Windows), by Ferzan Ozpetek and the ideas are there, but I cannot find enough time to focus.
I cannot find one of my favorite clips from the movie, which are basically the scenes where the main character, Giovanna voyeuristically looking out her window at her neighbor across the way longing for a better life because she is unhappy with her own. The way the scenes from the window are shot, as well as the idea of observing the world outside your window and looking into the lives of other people actually reminded me a lot of the Gail Albert Halaban exhibit Out my Window, which was more or less my motivation for writing about this paper.
However, in this scene, the elderly man, "Simone" recites an important quote in the movie:
"Don't be content to survive! You must demand to live in a better world, not just dream about it." And has what my Cinema teacher likes to describe as one of the best scenes depicting food that she has ever seen in any movie.
As much as I am procrastinating writing about this paper and that I may have complained about this class at times, it has definitely been one of my favorite this semester. I had no idea how big Italian cinema actually was before this and I cannot wait to go home and start watching more foreign movies.
**Edit**
I realized exactly what is taking me so long to finish this paper.
It's because I hate writing papers for a good professor, especially a when it is criticism, opinion or review of something because I am too afraid to insult their intelligence. Also, because it is a personal and private dialogue between the professor and I, a one-on-one, without ever actually having to be in front of each other, which prevents me from feeling stupid, embarrassed, or unintellectual about my opinion. The only thing they can hold against me is whatever they use their red pen to mark down and we never have to talk about it.
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