Rural Social Media - "Springhill Is Growing...Love"
“Love
– it's called...love.”
'The Giver,' Jeff Bridges;
begins in
black and white, which can be off putting if you aren't ready, then
it segues into color as the story develops. Life in this Lois Lowry
rending is explained as a society where life has changed. From a
point in the past where mankind was different, a ruling way of life
with principles that are to be obeyed without question is now in
place. The families of this society obey the principles and take
their wellness pill each day. The concept is a society that has
become color less, all even, without interruption and without pain.
Everyone lives in the culture with no highs, no color and no
conflict. There is an underlying terror of control in the movie,
slowly it creeps into the viewers realm as they learn that emotion
and memories can bring pain. Most remarkably, however, is that
memories and emotional highs and lows are part of a life which allows
– love.
'The
Giver' is deeply philosophical, challenging nihilism, functional
nihilism, existentialism, and an entire host of want to be
sociological theorems. They are all good theories, especially when
you put a gun to the head of a person and illustrate how quickly they
adjust their expectations of what you demand, suddenly, social theory
goes out the window. Nagging at the back of our minds, in our
present world, however, is a much deeper more primal fear. It is the
question, 'what if we've got it wrong, and we don't know it?” The
fear is that we may be stomping out love?
Now for the really scary part...what do you think?
