Film has dream, film has music. No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.
The Magic Lantern : An Autobiography
- Cinema greatly influences us.
- Movies can improve our well-being, benefit our mental health, change us, change our lives, and help us become better people.
- If you love cinema, you likely already know this, but it is sometimes nice to have our feelings supported by science.
Good movies have the potential to capture a trifecta of meaning: they can be enjoyable, engaging, and empowering. In other words, we experience pleasure, focused attention and concentration, and are inspired toward the good or reach new insights into ourselves, others, or the human condition.
Character strengths cinematherapy: Using movies to inspire change, meaning, and cinematic elevation
- This makes discovering and watching movies a great hobby.
- This also makes cinema a hobby catalyst—movies can inspire and motivate us to pursue many other great hobbies.
- Starting a new hobby can be challenging due to mental barriers, but a great movie can elevate us above these obstacles.
- This is why many hobby pages in our catalog feature a Movies section to inspire you and help you get started.
Cinema is always surprising, giving us a fresh angle on who we are, who we were, ultimately—who we could be.
Martin Scorsese
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