No More Film Criticism.5/5/2024 Ok, not traditional film criticism because the checks and balances of local newspaper film critics on the studios are more important than they've ever been.
I’m talking more about the idea in general that art can be bad or good. If an artist expresses a particular idea or feeling then the work is automatically successful. It may not be a particular audience member’s taste, but by no means does that make it bad. Are there films that get through the cracks with production errors? Of course. In fact, it’s very hard to release something that doesn’t have at least one shot or one lighting setup that the filmmaker wouldn’t want to be different in a perfect world. But that is the beauty of making art. You do the best with what you have to work with. This is where a lot of artists working on larger-scale films struggle while using virtual effects. Rather than achieve what is possible practically, they spend their resources trying to create these digital worlds that tend not to age well as technology progresses. (Though lately, many productions have masterfully blended the two.) As I continue to form ‘Americano’ (and hopefully many more projects after that), I want ideas and feelings to continue to win. While this writer is immediately taken out of a plot by apparent computer-generated images, I realize that many people take comfort in watching works of fantastical splendor that use the most state-of-the-art advances to make the impossible possible. But that’s just my taste. And if there is room for projects in this business that filmmakers, critics and theatergoers all like, then that truly is good.
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