Re:Lessons in Scale and Impact from 'My Octopus Teacher'
by anonyxyz on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:45AM
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I watched the movie recently too and was shocked at how they were able to make such a boring film out of such incredible footage. It would have been better watched on mute while music played. He did seem like a nice guy though.
I thought the best thing about it was how it evoked the semi-magical power of surrendering yourself to an environment. Forgetting yourself, focusing on everything around you, and allowing your mind to gradually be re-shaped by what you're perceiving. Sort of letting a small piece of the world gradually, over time, enter in and become you.
I've experienced this in small ways here and there; seeing the film made me hungry for a deeper level of that experience.