god, it's freaky yet i'm going to miss it so much. i thought i hated school but it's so much better than having a real job!!! i've been working all summer at a real job in my respective field and i'm a little burnt out.
anywho, i'm currently studying spanish cinema. the entire subject sounded interesting and fun. and yes, i thought it'd be easy because i get to watch movies...and of course i was surprised!! i wasn't surprised by the analysis of every aspect of the film, but by the content of the film. god, the last three films i've seen in class were so dark and gory. is this really "spanish cinema"?
what's funny is that my new favorite actress is ana torrent. she puts so much into each movie she's done, whether she was 7 years old or 20 years old. it doesn't matter, she's probably one of the best i've seen.
the reason why i chose to write about this is because i'm really traumatized by this film we saw today. torrent was the lead, as a university graduate student. it's called "Tesis," and she's amazingly convincing as an actress. the movie's content, however, scared the living daylights out of me. i have never seen a movie so twisted. i'm so traumatized by it yet so mesmerized by how the story unfolds.
i think this is why i'm so attracted to foreign films.
it's haunting yet so inviting.
there are so many things that i like about this class, but at the same time, i'm not up to speed on my spanish. everyone in my class pretty much speaks fluently, i, on the other hand, have a limited vocabulary and a poor level of comprehension in spanish. how will i do it.....
