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Movies are not for intellectuals

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Movies are not for intellectuals
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Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 3:01 am
Movies are not for intellectuals
it's pop culture
literature is a real art
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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 3:52 am
pop culture is a parody of culture
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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:03 am
only the book is high culture
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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:15 am
Andrei Tarkovsky. Your argument is invalid


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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:22 am
(December 15, 2022 at 3:01 am)Interaktive Wrote: Movies are not for intellectuals
it's pop culture
literature is a real art
do you agree

No.

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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:23 am
(December 15, 2022 at 3:52 am)Interaktive Wrote: pop culture is a parody of culture

Wrong.

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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:23 am
(December 15, 2022 at 4:03 am)Interaktive Wrote: only the book is high culture

Wrong.

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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:32 am
(December 15, 2022 at 4:23 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(December 15, 2022 at 4:03 am)Interaktive Wrote: only the book is high culture

Wrong.

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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:37 am
(December 15, 2022 at 4:32 am)Interaktive Wrote:
(December 15, 2022 at 4:23 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Wrong.

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Because I said so.

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RE: Movies are not for intellectuals
December 15, 2022 at 4:49 am
(December 15, 2022 at 3:01 am)Interaktive Wrote: Movies are not for intellectuals
it's pop culture
literature is a real art
do you agree

If we say that movies are moving pictures on a screen, with sound, then there's nothing intrinsically bad about them. They can be art.

In the real world, though, nearly all movies are made by corporations and their only goal is to make a profit. This nearly always prevents them from being more than lowest-common-denominator cliche. The same story gets made again and again, with small variations, because it sells. 

Unfortunately publishing is increasingly the same, so a lot of what gets sold as "literature" is nearly as bad. Great literature sells a lot of books over time, but for-profit publishers don't think in terms of centuries. They want immediate appeal. 

Overall there have certainly been more great books than great movies. But that's just due to the medium being newer, and the fact that it came of age in a time thoroughly saturated by capitalism. 

Here is a movie which I think is as worth your time as most books you might pick up at the bookstore. 

https://www.sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html

It was made by an individual, for relatively little money. She didn't have to please the accountants or satisfy focus groups. Of course it's also been seen by a tiny fraction of the number of people who've watched the latest stupid action flick.
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