Oct 20
Creating perfection
I always wonder what it must be like to make something that is loved by many. Whether it happens by accident or whether it can be planned.
Take for example the film sequence in Kill Bill, Volume One from the point at which Kiddo and Hanzo enter the attic through the trap door, to the point where Hanzo turns over his most perfect sword to her.
That particular scene - especially the sequence from the trap door to “I like baseball” is so perfectly crafted, so well-balanced, that one doesn’t simply watch it; it’s such a captivating scene that you want desperately to just jump in and swim around in it for a while.
I’ve wondered for a long time if it was possible to engineer that kind of perfection, to know ahead of time that it is going to happen, or if it’s just a bunch of happy accidents. I suppose it’s kinda like my job - you can plan and practice and schedule but only when you really start doing the work can you ever know how it’s gonna turn out, and that’s the point where you find out whether your ideas were good or just a complete waste of time and effort.
Maybe someday, if I’m really lucky, I’ll get a chance to create something that other people will look upon and wonder the exact same thing.