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Similarities Between Land And Landscape In Gil Paris

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PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPE. The relationship existing between society, land and landscape is complex. People's attitudes continuously reflect in their behavior, notably patterns of consumption via existing recreational activities, as well as in their expressed preferences. Society attaches great significance to land. As evident in the movie Midnight in Paris, Gil Pender an American Screenwriter falls in love with the Paris landscape while he visits his fiancée. He has possession of the idea of 1920s, Paris and all the artists that lived there at the time. Moreover, he’s magically whisked by the midnight landscape view of Paris which transports him back to the past …show more content…

It makes him involved in a place and time that seems over enchanting than his own. The film conveys the idea that one is usually longing for what they do not have, and the past is always intriguing to those who never experienced it in one way or the other. Moreover, while Gil longs for the early 1920 Paris, his fiancée is has developed an interest for the 1890s. The movie tries to portray how the past seems more appealing than the present a device that is determined by one's attitude. The sense of place also emerges as a strong character in the film. The film poses the feeling of romanticism and traditions of Paris city which contribute strongly to the nostalgic feeling. There exist various things about the nature of most foreign cities that does them part of the past even though they thrive in a similar way today. The society's preferences and attitudes have turned to be dominated by traditionally professional views. These opinions continue to …show more content…

Their attitudes are shaped by various different factors. Some of the factors include Age, both economic and social status, their ethnic origin, the familiarity of the place or residence, whether rural or urban. All this factors are significant when determining environmental relationships. Journeys are cconsidered as the midwives of thoughts that people tend to have. Moreover, places always pose as being conducive to the existing internal conversations unlike moving ships, trains or planes. A correlation exists between the things we have ability to see and the thoughts we develop in our minds. It is because large thoughts may require larger views while new thoughts require new places. Therefore, the introspective reflection that are liable to stall appear to be helped along by the flowing of the

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