Public Truths, Private Lies

How we cannot help our nature―but we can improve our culture. A man in the semi-distance looks inside the apartment across and the yard below. From the activities taking place in view, he develops a narrative piecing together body language and action clues. Third party observational narrative feels real to the moviegoer who becomes immersed in the sequence of events ‘as seen or described’ by someone else. Hitchcock’s 1954 Rear Window was way ahead in describing the view behind a lens. We’ve always been fascinated by the lives of others. Social media and search engines took advantage of the social... Read more →