Yes, exactly. - rhizomatic - Films/DVD Asylum

Yes, exactly.

Posted by rhizomatic (A) on October 2, 2003 at 09:02:56

In Reply to: Learning to walk at 28? posted by Victor Khomenko on October 2, 2003 at 08:52:06:

Killer's Kiss came out in 1955, Tarkovsky's film came out in 1960.

Breton wrote the Surrealist Manifesto when he was 24. Joyce finished Dubliners by 25. Et cetera. The 20th century is a bygone era. It ain't that easy to be brilliant today, post-Kubrick, post-Tarkovsky, post-Breton, post-Joyce, and so on. Being a 'young artist' today means being under 40. To get anything made today you have to be rich and/or exceedingly well-connected. And even then it's difficult. You have the occasional 25 year old whiz kid, but the fact of their being 25 is used as a marketting angle, and they get to leap frog to the front, perhaps before they're ready.

It's after the end of the avant gardes, it's after the end of an adventurous Hollywood. Kubrick and Tarkovsky were operating in a different world, a world notably free of the influence of, say, Kubrick and Tarkovsky. It's a damn sight harder to do anything noteworthy today, and it's exceedingly difficult to do so as a 'young' artist.

But, again...could you say what it was about the film that you found sugar coated, or specifically lacking? What did your wife think was expecially weak?

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Topic - Virgin Suicides - Victor Khomenko 07:01:54 10/02/03 (14)

Victor, what did you mean by sugar coated, thanks (I prob agree with you, just curious)..nt.. - late 08:27:19 10/03/03 (1)

Re: Victor, what did you mean by sugar coated, thanks (I prob agree with you, just curious)..nt.. - Victor Khomenko 09:52:06 10/03/03 (0)

Haven't seen the flick yet, but AIR does the soundtrack and I've got a few of their pieces..... - Chris Garrett 21:28:40 10/02/03 (0)

Could you be more specific? - rhizomatic 08:43:55 10/02/03 (5)

I also disagree with the film being sugar coated - gware 23:46:48 10/02/03 (0)

Learning to walk at 28? - Victor Khomenko 08:52:06 10/02/03 (3)

Yes, exactly. - rhizomatic 09:02:56 10/02/03 (2)

Re: Yes, exactly. - Victor Khomenko 11:24:16 10/02/03 (1)

Teenagers, suicide, artistic integrity - rhizomatic 11:38:32 10/02/03 (0)

Re: Virgin Suicides - patrickU 07:52:13 10/02/03 (4)

How do you feel about Monica Bellucci? - Victor Khomenko 08:23:44 10/02/03 (3)

Re: How do you feel about Monica Bellucci? - patrickU 08:43:35 10/02/03 (2)

Welcome home, Monica! - Victor Khomenko 11:28:36 10/02/03 (1)

Re: Welcome home, Monica! - patrickU 13:49:01 10/02/03 (0)

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Yes, exactly. - rhizomatic 09:02:56 10/02/03 (2)

Re: Yes, exactly. - Victor Khomenko 11:24:16 10/02/03 (1)

Teenagers, suicide, artistic integrity - rhizomatic 11:38:32 10/02/03 (0)

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