Week 3 + Response

When thinking aboutThe Kiss in the Tunnel it is interesting think about a camera and a couple in an intimate moment in the same space. As viewers we do not think of ourselves as a part of that moment in the sense of being physically there in that space but in an imaginative space. In our heads we don’t think of that as an intimate moment that we are imposing on but however a moment that we get to experience.With the camera being as close to the actors as it is, we get to see a close connection between the couple, something that is typically a private and intimate moment.I as a viewer do not initially think I am imposing on an intimate moment, however the concept makes sense. During the time of cinema law making there was a concern about propaganda and censorship. What should and should not be shown in films.“Many commentators began to make direct connections between what was seen on the cinema screen and trends in social behavior.” (The use of cinema, pg. 47)This conflicts with the opinion about early cinema. “The representation and the display of sexuality was an important feature of early cinema.”(The Kiss in the Tunnel, pg. 60). “In conjunction with The Kiss in the Tunnel, these were all ‘respectable’ films for public consumption, but it could be argued that they played on the sexual imagination of contemporary viewers.” (pg. 60).  In the “The Uses of Cinema”It is mentioned that there were concerns about the connection of“juvenile delinquency, prostitution and atheism.” and cinema and that cinema was the cause for these issues.