Muser: carydog

If there is a film that had a significant impact on my life and really got me to love the movies, it would be The Wizard Of Oz. Watching it as a child, I was always amazed at how it switched from B/W to color and back to B/W, signifying the fantasy land that was Oz. The way every aspect of Dorothy's life was represented and turned into a caricature in her dream in order to show how they were seen through the eyes of an innocent girl was a deep and profound idea; one that it took me multiple viewings to fully comprehend. But it made me realize, as you were saying about BTTF, that good movies have such an ability to carry you through them, to live out an amazing dream, to transport you to another place and time. TWOO is escapism in its purest form - to me, anyway. I used to own it on videotape, and watched it frequently, as well as whenever it came on television, each time captivated by its magic. Over the years I've watched it less and less, so that it becomes more like a wonderful treasure to revisit and remember what makes movies great.