Why Hollywood Can't Tell A Sexual Violence Story Film is a visual medium, suited to telling visual stories. To pick one well-known example, Harrison Ford's hammy narration in Blade Runner was imposed on the director by the producers, who found the story too confusing.
Film famously creates an illusion, weaving the ordinary, the stale and the plain into magic.
A wonderful dramatization of this idea is deNiro's bit of business in The Last Tycoon , when he improvises a story with a pair of gloves and a nickel. Recently, I saw Chris Hynde and the Pretenders perform. Chris Hynde has a powerful and interesting presence, and writes songs that capture me and make me think. She did a guest shot recently on a half hour sitcom and in the clip I saw, they had managed to make her trivially pretty. Finally, a film, even if its goal is to educate or provoke thought, must foremost entertain.