tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post5827597975735192409..comments2023-10-30T11:57:26.749+01:00Comments on SCREENVILLE: Lone Wolf & Sheep (1) Gavin SmithUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-78131422821314149112012-09-30T12:26:05.482+02:002012-09-30T12:26:05.482+02:00Apparently Gavin has mixed up "New French Ext...Apparently Gavin has mixed up "New French Extremism" with "Maximalism"... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.bonjourtristesse.net/2010/10/new-wave-of-flesh-and-blood.html" rel="nofollow">Flesh & Blood: Sex and violence in recent French cinema</a> (James Quandt; Artforum; Feb 2004)HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-69471857582840478512010-04-14T22:35:34.066+02:002010-04-14T22:35:34.066+02:00This is a syllogism, a causal fallacy.
If you giv...This is a syllogism, a causal fallacy. <br />If you give literary awards to great books, if you only exhibit great paintings in an art gallery, if you only select great films at major film festivals... then obviously, the reason for them to be elected is greatness. If you look at this by saying "they only created art (books, paintings, films) to get an award", you intentionally ignore HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-20304398232488014312010-04-14T21:41:17.933+02:002010-04-14T21:41:17.933+02:00I don't know about "formulaic art cinema&...I don't know about "formulaic art cinema", but even the Frodon-Burdeau Cahiers team talked about "festival-pleaser films" a couple of years ago, in a derogatory manner. It's the same dismissive line of thought...<br /><br />"Neorealism" is not even part of his list there. <br />AO Scott was wrong last year. I don't see why he thought it was a good idea toHarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-48251436564676090102010-04-14T11:09:17.672+02:002010-04-14T11:09:17.672+02:00Im just quite curious(hehe!), where did he get the...Im just quite curious(hehe!), where did he get the phrase: "formulaic art cinema?" I think he better read David Bordwell's take on art cinema from the pages of POETICS OF CINEMA (2008).<br /><br />----------<br /><br />Note: the only valid style from his neo-sh*t list is "neorealism". There are no such things as NEO-NEOREALISM, NEO-MAXIMALISM, NEO-IMPRESSIONISM, Adrian Mendizabalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627346620368062069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16398571.post-5389215414253259922010-04-07T21:05:37.115+02:002010-04-07T21:05:37.115+02:00Juhani Pallasmaa : "After the bacchanal of po...Juhani Pallasmaa : "After the bacchanal of post-modernism, the time has again come for neo-minimalism, neo-ascetism, neo-denial and sublime poverty."<br />(Architecture in Miniature, Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1991)HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.com