Morgenstern to Bart
"I'm not an industry insider like you, but I'll bet dollars to popcorn, Peter, that you...hear what I do from some of our most gifted filmmakers -- expressions of deep concern, if not downright despair, about Hollywood's growing hostility to creative enterprises that don't fit the entertainment conglomerates' increasingly rigid templates, and about the precarious plight of the independent film movement. If this is health, then spare us all from too much more of it." -- Wall Street Journal critic Joe Morgenstern to Variety editor Peter Bart about Bart's 3.15 column -- over two weeks ago! -- that claimed critics are out of touch with the tastes of the mongrel hordes.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 2, 2007 at 12:46 PM
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christian
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no shit. fuck these corporations and their branded franchising. seriously.
Posted by christian
at April 2, 2007 1:26 PM
comment #2
Rich S.
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Didn't Coppola once make a comment about the "democratization of the creative process" - i.e. the next great director being some kid with a camcorder? If a bunch of Star Trek fanboys can create a halfway competent episode using their neighbors and paper mache, why couldn't a Soderbergh or Fincher do the same?
Oh, I forgot. They need money, and lots of it, to bring to life their "artistic vision." Oh, well. Michelangelo hated having to kiss Pope Julis' ass, too.
Posted by Rich S.
at April 2, 2007 2:02 PM
comment #3
Rich S.
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Didn't Coppola once make a comment about the "democratization of the creative process" - i.e. the next great director being some kid with a camcorder? If a bunch of Star Trek fanboys can create a halfway competent episode using their neighbors and paper mache, why couldn't a Soderbergh or Fincher do the same?
Oh, I forgot. They need money, and lots of it, to bring to life their "artistic vision." Oh, well. Michelangelo hated having to kiss Pope Julius' ass, too.
Posted by Rich S.
at April 2, 2007 2:02 PM
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Terry McCarty
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And the irony is that Joe Morgenstern panned BONNIE AND CLYDE on its first release (but later reversed himself).
Posted by Terry McCarty
at April 2, 2007 2:08 PM
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D.Z.
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Terry: I find it amusing that Joe believes there's an inherent difference between Hollywood and independent film.
Posted by D.Z.
at April 2, 2007 10:36 PM