Reality And Films

Radio Record, 1 April 1938, Page 39

Reality And Films

Doydie

(Wellington)

Regarding

Maros Gray’s article and Gordon Mirams’s reply thereto, Mr. Gray must know, if he has any common-sense, that it is only the things which border on realism which can be put over successfully on the picture public. In modern times, with free discussion prevalent, it is not surprising that people seek truth. I hate a "tripey" film which shows impossible people and happenings. Why make an impossible person turn out to be "not a bad sort underneath" for the sake of a happy ending, as some films do? Which novels, plays and films make history and money? The ones which show true life, people with. virtues and faults that we all have, people and happenings we can understand. Films which show real life give us a moral, help us to avoid mistakes and to live decent lives. Our entertainment should be entertaining, not a lot of "slop" which means nothing. Those who wish for the unreal can find plenty of it, and need not patronise the "real’’ film, but we who crave the truth and intelligence say "hooray" for real-life films.