Sir Isaac Newton once said that, "if I see further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." He was of course referring to the great astronomers who came before him, people like Galileo and Kepler. Most physicists believe Newton to be the greatest scientific mind ever in their field and yet Newton gave the credit for his success to others.Everyone I know who is good at what they do will
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Paddy Chayefsky’s Dead
Posted on 7:36 AM by christofer D
Starting sometime in the 80’s film directors became art directors. The look of a film became more important than any other aspect of the film. So all of the guys who cared more about style than substance have been touted as geniuses. It is not unusual nowadays to hear a critic wax poetic about the look of a film regardless of the narrative substance of the film. Not to pick on Memoirs of a
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
MYTH OF GENRE part 2
Posted on 8:40 AM by christofer D
If you think about it, Jaws is just a monster movie. And, like a lot of monster movies, incidental characters are picked off as our hero tries to stop the creature. But, somehow, the film transcends genre. It’s because it has an armature and a character of change. Lots of films came out after Jaws which tried to repeat its success. One film used an orca whale in place of a shark, and another
Friday, March 10, 2006
THE MYTH OF GENRE
Posted on 2:37 PM by christofer D
Genre is visible. People know if they are watching a western or science fiction. But invisible ink is about the inner workings of story, not the costumes the characters wear.Among the people who know me, I am known as the guy who doesn’t like any film that comes out. This isn’t true. It’s mostly true. Anyway, they rack their brains trying to figure out what it is I do like and why. They
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