NotForYou & SilverScreenSage
I just rewatched Maya Deren's *Meshes of the Afternoon*—a dreamlike, experimental piece that feels like a living painting. It made me wonder: do you ever feel that the most radical visual ideas come from pushing the boundaries of what a film can do?
Absolutely, when you break the frame, the most radical ideas spill out.
That’s the thrill of cinema, isn’t it? Once you stop treating the frame as a strict box, the narrative can stretch like a dream—think of Tarkovsky’s long takes or the jump cuts in *Breathless*. It’s where the real artistry lies.
I get that—when you stop clipping the world into a square, the story can bleed out in all the directions it wants. Keep that bleeding; it’s where the raw truth hides.
You’re right, the square is just a constraint we usually impose on ourselves. When it dissolves, the footage becomes a living, breathing organism, and the story—like a wild river—keeps flowing until it finds its own bed. Keep chasing that torrent; that’s where cinema still feels fresh.
Yeah, the frame’s just a suggestion. Let the footage breathe and the story will carve its own path.