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Why films are no different to life imitating art, far more than art imitating life.

"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life". Oscar Wilde I had to include a photo of me taking a picture, recording life, events and never leaving home without it.  In fact, no body leaves home without their camera any more.  It sits in the back pocket, ready for a selfie, to snap a weird combination of objects set aside somewhere, or a recording of any event that is important.  Art imitates life, constantly, and those recordings are of everything that exists, everything that the eye or the heart can see.  Art is not just about photography however, art encapsulates all the creations that come from an enlightened thought or inner gift.  All creations for me are art.  Film is art, and film, also needs to imitate life, but for a long time now, life has been imitating art, meaning that life has been imitating film.   I'm spurred on today by the comments made by a friend after watching Rogue One; A Star Wars Story, that there were not enough female characte