I suppose, on today of all days, that a post should have an American theme. What struck me watching the inauguration and the crowds and the magnitude of it all is not only that it is a country influenced by cinematic moments, it was one that was built for them. From the language of its inception to the physical geography of the place, America just is cinema.
The most obvious location is of course New York, where it sometimes seems you could put a camera anywhere and the shot would be cinematic purely by virtue of where it is. It's a city soaked in the glamour of movies to such an extent that people who visit can pretend they're in one. Go to the top of the Empire State building and you’re in the company of Gene Kelly, Cary Grant and King Kong. Take a walk through Central Park and you could be Joseph Cotton searching for a strange ghostly young woman called Jennie. Drop by FAO Schwartz and play chopsticks on a giant piano like Tom Hanks. Go to Tiffany’s and….well, you get the idea.
Ah America...you have given us our dreams back!
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