When I would watch The Wizard of Oz I was so involved in the story and characters that I took the background sets for granted. I knew there wasn't really an Oz I suppose, but I just never thought about the settings not being real in some way. From about the age of 12 until I was around 16, I had managed to miss the movie every time it was on tv. The night I caught it again my boyfriend was there, and I remember just staring at the screen during the poppy field scene and saying "it's not real!" He laughed and asked me, "what's not real?" and I said "the sets are painted and they aren't real!"
He thought I was crazy not having realized before that the movie was done in a studio, I was broken hearted. I think that night, the last of my "childhood" illusions were shattered!
A childhood belief about films
others believed things like this
- I used to think that when a movie was 'based on a true story' it was happening for real then and there— Tom
- I used to belive that Jack Frost was a real man! and that he came and painted frost on the windows at night.— Tom
- I use to beliee that if someone got shot or lost a limb in a movie they actually did in real life. Anon
- Thanks to the movie "Annie", I thought hot dogs were made from real dogs. — Katie
- i used to believe dragon ball z was real
and namek was in another dimension
and every show on tv was realAnon - I used to believe that boys were like robots and had no real feelings, that they were not even real people.— Lisa