tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post116412455181433937..comments2023-10-30T11:57:26.749+01:00Comments on SCREENVILLE: Critical Fallacy 5 : ComplacencyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-51064627485975614232010-03-24T10:37:20.179+01:002010-03-24T10:37:20.179+01:00Steve Almond (bad music 'critic'): "C...Steve Almond (bad music 'critic'): "Criticizing a particular band or song might make you, and some of your readers, feel smart or sophisticated. But it rarely does anything to advance the cause of art. After all, you can't rescind the pleasure someone derives from a particular piece of music. All you can do is deride that pleasure, which strikes me as a fairly stingy way to make HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-40200415727934549082008-07-09T09:23:00.000+02:002008-07-09T09:23:00.000+02:00(via weepingsam) Peter Keough in The Pheonix "Don'...(via weepingsam) Peter Keough in <A HREF="http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/outsidetheframe/archive/2008/06/11/don-t-count-out-critical-clout.aspx" REL="nofollow">The Pheonix</A> "Don't Count Out Critical Clout", on advance screening privilege and Studio PR poliices :<BR/><BR/>"when critics aren’t proving their mettle by getting on the bandwagon for the most recent heavily promoted summer movie, they HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-17667962143051661472007-03-03T15:47:00.000+01:002007-03-03T15:47:00.000+01:00Adrian Martin in the cinemascope.it (#7 2007) inte...Adrian Martin in the <A HREF="http://www.cinemascope.it/" REL="nofollow">cinemascope.it</A> (#7 2007) interview on Critical Responsability :<BR/>"That slippery slide is usually inaugurated, in the film magazine business, by one thing: money. And most particularly: advertising. The moment you allow advertising onto a site, you have bought into compromise. Can you be truly critical, any longer, of HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1165497119611399972006-12-07T14:11:00.000+01:002006-12-07T14:11:00.000+01:00Thanks a lot for the links. I like your quote ther...Thanks a lot for the links. I like your quote there.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1165451210427779052006-12-07T01:26:00.000+01:002006-12-07T01:26:00.000+01:00In my earlier post, I mentioned a similar discussi...In my earlier post, I mentioned a similar discussion regarding theatre. There are several current threads at <A HREF="http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Theatre Notes</A> of some relevance. In one of those threads I quoted from a <A HREF="http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/Client/Message.aspx?b=19&t=64&a=0&ps=20&m=769&dm=1&am=769" REL="nofollow">posting</A> I made at <A HREF="http://Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1165415191319766412006-12-06T15:26:00.000+01:002006-12-06T15:26:00.000+01:00More on complacency and engaging criticism : "I re...More on complacency and engaging criticism : <BR/><BR/>"I remember getting the first really negative review of Deadroom, which also happened to be our first review, period. It was derisive, it was snide, and it was frustrating, mostly because it was printed on the eve of our premiere and could have curbed attendance; but also because we couldn't dismiss it. It was the best and worst of slams, HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1165255705413483292006-12-04T19:08:00.000+01:002006-12-04T19:08:00.000+01:00I agree with you, there are several possible defin...I agree with you, there are several possible definitions that co-exist without contradicting eachother. But I believe one should go by one of them that correspond to certain principles, if only to make one's body of work more coherent. If there are auteurs in cinema defined by a clear vision of the world, thus critics should as well demonstrate a coherence of ideas, a continuity of "taste"... to HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1165234290316960982006-12-04T13:11:00.000+01:002006-12-04T13:11:00.000+01:00I've been commenting on films for a couple of year...I've been commenting on films for a couple of years, and it's stepped up in just the last couple of months for various reasons. Underpinning review or criticism is a passion about cinema. You can't really limit or completely define the conversation that is review or criticism no more than you can limit or define a film. There are many different ways to have a conversation about film.<BR/><BR/>Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1165219732592644492006-12-04T09:08:00.000+01:002006-12-04T09:08:00.000+01:00Manny Farber & Patterson's point #2 in a list of 7...Manny Farber & Patterson's point #2 in a list of 7 critical precepts proposed in an interview (via Keith Uhlich at <A HREF="http://housecrit.blogspot.com/2006/12/keith-uhlich.html" REL="nofollow">The House Next Door</A>) :<BR/><BR/> "Anonymity and coolness, which includes writing film-centered rather than self-centered criticism, distancing ourselves from the material and people involved. With HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1164958478832658812006-12-01T08:34:00.000+01:002006-12-01T08:34:00.000+01:00Sorry for the late reply Brian, my cable was down ...Sorry for the late reply Brian, my cable was down for a while. <BR/>First this series is not meant to police critics, just to propose a confrontation to certain (maybe conservative) standards. And you don't need my bickering, you're doing very well ;) <BR/>I'm also guilty of positive reviewing myself... the last bad movie I wrote about is probably <B>Million Dollar Baby</B>. I know writing a HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1164614008366789702006-11-27T08:53:00.000+01:002006-11-27T08:53:00.000+01:00Thanks for your generous response, harry. I feel ...Thanks for your generous response, harry. I feel a little humbled being lumped in with luminaries like the Cahiers crew, even on a single philospohical point. But for me it's not so much a policy as a tendency. On the occassions that I have a strong negative feelings about a film I see, I won't shy away from saying so (though I don't usually go out of my way to do so, either). The thing is, IBrian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1164585847807228102006-11-27T01:04:00.000+01:002006-11-27T01:04:00.000+01:00You're right Brian, these principles are not meant...You're right Brian, these principles are not meant to be argued because there is no instant universal truth. It would be as interesting to argue and support the counter-position of each entry in the series. <BR/><BR/>I understand why you don't want to change, and you're in good company as serious specialist magazines like Cahiers also used this policy to defend the underexposed mavericks.<BR/>ButHarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1164566881107785782006-11-26T19:48:00.000+01:002006-11-26T19:48:00.000+01:00I think a lot of my writing, especially that on my...I think a lot of my writing, especially that on my blog, often fails to live up to the standard espoused in this thought-provoking entry in your series, harry. Though, perhaps paradoxically, I don't think you're exactly wrong, nor do I expect to change. <BR/><BR/>I think there are a few reasons for this. As a non-professional, I only cover the films I want to cover. I mostly stick to corners Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1164328662847302302006-11-24T01:37:00.000+01:002006-11-24T01:37:00.000+01:00Thank you for the supporting words Girish. You're ...Thank you for the supporting words Girish. You're most welcome to participate.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-1164297841538056312006-11-23T17:04:00.000+01:002006-11-23T17:04:00.000+01:00This series is such great and valuable work, Harry...This series is such great and valuable work, Harry!<BR/><BR/>And thank you for providing handy links to all the installments in your ambitious CRITICAL FALLACIES series on your sidebar....<BR/><BR/>Harry, you are the avant-garde of film criticism, leading the way for us....!girishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797noreply@blogger.com