Kurt.Is.God
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I'm looking for something very specific in my stories--some sublime cathartic element. But not like in Fight Club, or Grave of the Fireflies, or any movie usually touted as "powerful".
Eternal Sunshine slightly has it, with the elephant scene and the poem. Mushishi frequently has it with its overarching theme of "your feelings and values mean nothing to nature's cold and beautiful justice". Ghost in the Shell has it near the end, with the museum shootout. It was like the symbolic destruction of humanity. Or something. I don't love Perfect Blue or Paprika, but both have one or two scenes which carry this out absolutely perfectly. Non-movie-wise, songs like Water Curses and Nature's Uplifting Revenge have it. And when I was like 7, I didn't care about the romance in Titanic, but the sinking ship was awesome. Overwhelming emotion, a crescendo, destruction, God. Only not necessarily in a literal sense. It can be hinted at through metaphors.
Also, movies/music/etc can be good without it. My favorite movies (Brazil, Blade Runner, Taxi Driver) have it, but not too much.
Anyway, recommendations?
Eternal Sunshine slightly has it, with the elephant scene and the poem. Mushishi frequently has it with its overarching theme of "your feelings and values mean nothing to nature's cold and beautiful justice". Ghost in the Shell has it near the end, with the museum shootout. It was like the symbolic destruction of humanity. Or something. I don't love Perfect Blue or Paprika, but both have one or two scenes which carry this out absolutely perfectly. Non-movie-wise, songs like Water Curses and Nature's Uplifting Revenge have it. And when I was like 7, I didn't care about the romance in Titanic, but the sinking ship was awesome. Overwhelming emotion, a crescendo, destruction, God. Only not necessarily in a literal sense. It can be hinted at through metaphors.
Also, movies/music/etc can be good without it. My favorite movies (Brazil, Blade Runner, Taxi Driver) have it, but not too much.
Anyway, recommendations?