Actually I never said that his work was unimportant.
I don't think saying something is boring says anything about someone. It
is purely personal opinion.
Actually I was trying to make a joke, as Rohmer's work is not popular,
in "Night Moves" Gene Hackman's character compares watching a Rohmer
film to watching paint dry.
Your posts are great, but I think your criticism of me is over the top
and indicates you take yourself a little too seriously. You assumed I
didn't know film history and you were dead wrong. This is particularly
galling from someone who would be in serious trouble if I chose to
report your actions to the FCC or CRTC.
Lighten up. Everyone has the right to criticize as they see fit. Since
you are not God, you don't get to make the rules. If someone chooses to
say my comments are crap that is their right.
There is far too much pretension throughout the art/music/dance/film
world and by people who enjoy and those who criticize art/m/f/d. I
personally think George Lucas and the Star War movies are a crime
against film, but that is just my opinion. Others are put to sleep by
Fellini or Bergman. I think that is their loss, but again, it is just my
opinion.
P.S. I also think what Criterion films cost in the store and online is
also a crime. Rather like the outrageous prices Columbia/Sony charge for
recordings made decades ago. Their overhead is squat, but they charge
what they think they can get away with.
In article <0196e304$0$7598$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>,
JimB0ss (no@spam.org) wrote:
> >Actually I am not troll and just because I think the majority of
> >Rohmer's work is boring.
>
>
> My point was that proclaiming something as 'boring' says something about you,
> but
> nothing about the person/work you're referring to. It contains no
> information. It's the
> lowest form of criticism -- like saying that something 'sucks' or 'crap'.
>
> Is Rohmer's work important? Yes. Was his work influential or pioneering? Yes.
> Why? The
> NYT article, for example, clearly explains that. You can argue about his
> movies' merits
> and level of importance, lasting impressions and techniques -- that's all
> fair game.
> But -- at the very least -- the man created his own distinctive style of
> moviemaking,
> and that puts him way ahead of 99% of films ever made.
>
> And personally, I'm not a huge fan of Rohmer either, but I do understand why
> his works
> deserve praise and recognition.
>
> J
>
>
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