Q+A with cast and Director at the N.Y.F.F
Q&A with cast and Director at the N.Y.F.F.
http://www.hosokinema.com/wildgrass.html
Hhmm, some dumb questions there, but this common sense answer to one of the good ones struck me for how odd it was I've never heard it expressed by a director before. It seems it needs to be explained more than ever in these times of iphone and laptop movie viewing:
Q: Now that many people will be discovering your oeuvre on DVD, and will have the option of stopping and going over your films as they’re watching, what do you think about this new development?share
(ALAIN RESNAIS): Two things: I will disapprove of stopping a film during the first viewing. But after its been shown once, I think it can be very instructive, and it will give a lot of pleasure to look back on a film a second time and choose a sequence. But I think the first viewing should be complete, beginning-to-end.
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With all our choices now, for movies-by-mail, download, supermarket, etc., most of us have seemingly lost track of why movies were so compelling and attractive in the first place: uninterrupted, beaming light and shadows, amidst strangers and friends, with little unreasonable aural distraction, enveloped by darkness around us.
I've seen people actually trying to watch movies on portable DVD players on the bus (!), and watching old silent's on Youtube at work. What a weird world of movie watching it's become. Almost instant access to anything you desire, with very little regard to the quality of the viewing experience.
I think I may move to Toronto or Oslo soon, to where ever I can live near a good full-time cinematheque. Maybe, when a pile of money rains on my shack.
With theaters, the experience also changed when they started showing so many commercials prior to the film, stopped strictly enforcing "no (loud) talking" (and shouting, etc.) among patrons, etc. The experience became more often unpleasant to me, so I stopped going. I watch as many films as ever, but just not in theaters.
http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies
I know what you mean. I've had many bad experiences at theaters lately: all sorts of theaters.
It's seems many patrons are back to talking intermittently in the theater as if they're in their living room. It you object, telling them to stop the yakkety yak, they tend to make That their next topic of noisy conversation, acting like you're one loan loony who had invaded Their personal space!
With all the flaws of theatrical moviegoing, it's still far better to see most films that way. Of course, certain things, like documentaries, or digital movies, I'll usually wait for the home video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQP9QjNjeR4