Motel Life Response paper

          This was a semester that came with many surprises for me. I was privileged to be one of the few that were able to see the special viewing of the film Motel Life.

This film was created based on the Novel by Will Vlautin. Will Vlautin has written several novels and is a former student of the University of Nevada, Reno. It seemed appropriate to have the premiere of the film be located on campus. I was not fortunate to be among the few that was involved in the question and answer period after the first showing but I heard it had a very good attendance.

The film was produced by Alan and Gabriel Polsky. The main cast consisted of: Emile Hirsch, Steven Dorff, Dakota Fanning, Joshua Leonard, and Kris Kristofferson. The basis behind the plot is based on two brothers that are down on their luck and stuck in Reno after their mother dies.  Several scenes involve gun stores strip clubs motels and St. Mary’s Hospital, the same hospital I just happened to be born in. It give us a look at the underdogs in life. Those individuals who just scratch out a living day to day finally get center stage.

While writing this paper I find it somewhat difficult not to be a film critic and stick with the genera of media production and digital media outlines. The film was well thought out and I appreciated the fact that I did not read the book first. There were several technical glitches I uncovered in the editing and initial filming. If you do not come from this area you will never know what they are so I will not mention them after all it is Hollywood that we are talking about.

Film as a medium has a long established foot hold when it comes to entertainment. Digital media has been gaining ground in the entertainment Industry for several decades now. It has been blending in but has not been able to fully replace film and I do not feel that it ever will. Creativity is human based and will not be replaced by machines. Technology has the ability to reproduce and manufacture what has been created and in some way allowed the artist to be creative in an unlimited new way. This technology has allowed film makers to continue forward in a new way, using AVATAR as a prime example. This film was a pleasure to watch because there were no technical or special effects created by computers. This is a great example of a script well written with actor who actually now how to act. Go see this film it is worth your time, I just hope it gets the recognition it deserves.