Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by ldvictory on May 01, 2003 at 19:34:24

In Reply to: Re: Perfect Works of Art posted by Troy on May 01, 2003 at 18:48:14:

Yeah, that's the idear. Don't know Caddyshack, but I could certainly understand why someone would call Touch of Evil a perfect work of art. I think a perfect work of art sets up its own terms and works inevitably within them. "Inevitability" is the key word here. You feel with a perfect work of art that it could be no other way. I avoid pointing out Citizen Kane only because I feel it needs to disappear for fifty years or so in order to regain a fresh look. Too many film students, auteur theorists, critical theorists, steeped in Barthe and Derida, et. all, have completely blindfolded Citizen Kane's audience. Touch of Evil, though. That's interesting. I will also submit Vertigo for your consideration.