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Wait, do we really turn to Hollywood for reality?
It makes me curious though. I imagine that many of these unreal conventions came about to make movies more exciting. But I wonder how much of it has to do with being unable to capture reality on something that's fabricated. Inconsistencies seem to be rather abundant in all films, even today. It's a kind of game for some to find these.
What makes me curious is how action/thriller films compare to thriller novels. Putting together events and action in novels is different from trying to film them. Does anyone know if books like Grisham's or Clancy's are more accurate/realistic in terms of what they cover?
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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