{"id":2293,"date":"2015-11-19T21:12:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T05:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2015-11-19T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T05:12:19","slug":"musings-from-a-on-the-edge-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/musings-from-a-on-the-edge-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Musings from a woman on the edge"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Katrina Penaflor \r\nManaging Editor<\/pre>\n
Shia, Shia, Shia. You and your fake-sounding-but-definitely-real last name have done something I so desperately wish I could have been a part of.<\/p>\n
For those who aren\u2019t aware, the actor Shia LaBeouf staged a three day long screening of all of his films in reverse chronological order at the Angelika Film Center in New York.<\/p>\n
The performance-art project was titled \u201cAll My Movies\u201d and gave fans of the actor an opportunity to sit in the theater and watch LaBeouf watch his own films.<\/p>\n
Or, I guess audience members could watch the films too, but if it was me in the audience, I would definitely be looking at LaBeouf\u2019s own candid reactions.<\/p>\n
There also was a livestream focused entirely on the actor\u2019s face for anyone who couldn\u2019t make it to get a look.<\/p>\n
The viewing spanned over three days and started with LaBeouf\u2019s most recent film \u201cMan Down\u201d and ended with his first work \u201cNausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.\u201d<\/p>\n
So what was the point in all this?<\/p>\n
Is Shia LaBeouf secretly working on some genius scheme to win over all the fans he lost (don\u2019t worry I stuck around) when he went off his rocker and wore a bag over his head that read \u201cI am not famous anymore?\u201d<\/p>\n
Or is this an apology for all his outrageous outbursts and decisions? Just to clear the air, yes, I do include him acting in the Indiana Jones reboot in that category that requires apology.<\/p>\n
Or is this really some deep, meaningful piece of performance-art that says so much more than we all think it does?<\/p>\n
Well, how am I supposed to know? The exact point of this is yet to be made clear, but after the movies finished the actor did say, \u201cI walked out loving myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
So perhaps he was just trying to connect again with society, and his fans, and his work.<\/p>\n
But one thing I can say for certain is the actor\/performance-artist just sat for three days straight and watched all his movies with a bunch of random people filtering in and out of the theatre, and that\u2019s pretty freakin\u2019 awesome.<\/p>\n
My one complaint: where was the Disney Channel original movie \u201cTru Confessions\u201d in this mix? Shia, why did you leave one of my favorite ones out?<\/p>\n
To watch the recorded livestream of the actor visit newhive.com\/allmymovies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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