“the torch” #37 – A cinephile’s truism: film conquers reality

The Spanish without doubt are among the most accomplished when it comes to all kinds of conquering. From “La Reconquista” to “La Convivencia”, those Conquistadores apparently knew what they were doing and profited greatly, even winning almost an entire new continent for themselves and their King (temporarily at least). If reality was to gradually become a colony to our fantasy and secret wishes – maybe that is what is happening right now? “The Torch” this week maintains that a cultural acquaintance doesn’t always have to end in the dispossession of the other. But, if not of triumph, what are we talking about here? That films should have it in them to implant attention-grabbing details in our heads and with guerrilla-like persistence to penetrate our imagination, this is undeniably true. What power does the medium hold over reality, then, one might come to ask. This truism is put to the test right: here.

(pic©mo)