Which is why the truly artful Marty Supreme has been back-handed, mostly, I suspect, by progressive women and mainly because it’s about an overly selfish, callous, non-progressive lead character.
This is also why One Battle After Another and Sinners are such hot Oscar contenders, because they’re about devotional, good-hearted fringe characters doing what they can to help the vulnerable and the oppressed.
First and foremost wokeys want movies that say the right political things…that’s their bottom line. Which was the same bottom line as far as Nikolai Lenin, Mao Zedong, Joseph Goebbels and post-1966 Jean Luc Godard were concerned.
Nick Cave responds to Wim Wenders recent statement about art cinema vs. political films: “Wim Wenders reaffirmed my understanding of him as a passionately principled, thoughtful, and courageous man — a person who cares profoundly about film and the state of the creative world.
“His words were a caring, gentle, and protective gesture, directed not only at the artistic community but at humanity itself, and despite the predictable pile-on, I suspect that many artists, maybe most, will genuinely appreciate his words.”
“[Wenders might have been] trying to save the Berlinale from succumbing to the fate of those festivals that have become little more than a narrowing of the cultural imagination”, criticising many modern events for having become subject to “a single monolithic ideology — one voice, one cause, one dissent”.
Cave: “I do not imagine for a moment that Wim thinks art should ignore the great and persistent injustices of the world. He seems to believe, as I do, that using art to raise awareness of these injustices can be extremely effective, but perhaps he also believes that art is more than the sum of its utility…it is more than a tool or a weapon.”
“Maybe he believes, as I do, that at its core, great art exists purely for its own sake – and that at its most transformative it reveals itself subtly, ambiguously, and curiously; that it is something we approach with awe and wonder, that humbles us whilst also enlarging our hearts, that works its way into our souls and spirits, guiding us towards what is good, beautiful, and true.
“Art captivates us and imparts a sense of what it means to be human, broadening our understanding of the world and our own place within it — that we have the right to love, laugh, cry, and be thrilled by the world. This is art’s largesse — to remind us that life is worth living.”