(From “Matt and Khym: Better than Ever”)

In the book “The Conversations” master film editor Walter Murch talks about “reality closely observed” being an essential aspect of cinema. He traces this back to Proust and other ninteenth century novelists who turned their creative attention away from history and heros, and toward the drama of everyday life; taking note, for example, of how the elbows of a man’s coat might be worn shiny from wear.

In cinema, these obervations are expressed through the use of the close-up. Small, telling details, used to give the audience cues about what’s important in a scene, in a story.

The history of cinema is filled with close-ups of mouths touching mouths. In the days of movie palaces images of kissing filled screens four stories high. Those images said kissing is important, kissing is good, kissing is beautiful.

I found the below on the Freddy and Eddy forums. Kissing is not the only way that lovers can touch one another that is important, good, and beautiful.

I also like to keep the lights on to see my man’s glistening cock repeatedly plunge into me slowly to the hilt and then just as slowly withdraw. That’s such an awesome tease, and it’s slow enough for me to touch his cock and balls in between strokes. Really makes me beg for more. But the greatest thing is that the visual image stays in my mind, so when the thrusting gets more serious, I can revisit that image when the in-and-out is being intensely felt, but not seen.

The the persistant image is the technological basis of cinema. How lovely it is in love-making as well!

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