tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435448003077731913.post8521420761163457911..comments2023-12-21T11:09:00.632-05:00Comments on Rants of a Diva: I Am Terrified for the Future of FilmmakingDame Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684030137746709310noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435448003077731913.post-2701339949028975592009-12-26T15:04:37.429-05:002009-12-26T15:04:37.429-05:00Welcome to the club. When I started film school my...Welcome to the club. When I started film school my classmates thought "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "The Butterfly Effect" were the greatest pictures ever made.<br />I don't know if they'd made a consensus or something but all of them referred to those two things every time they needed to make a presentation or give an example.<br />My heart was broken when they decided that since silent movies have like no dialogue like at all they could be seen in fast forward and not miss a thing.<br />Needless to say so I left that place within a year and am glad to know that my education in film is way better than theirs' will ever be.<br />So congrats to us!Notas Sobre Creación Cultural e Imaginarios Socialeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01423835555933819338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435448003077731913.post-76834329579444435492009-12-21T16:40:02.019-05:002009-12-21T16:40:02.019-05:00"Not to toot my own horn, but the professor w..."Not to toot my own horn, but the professor was impressed that week that I had seen Broken Blossoms, Terms of Endearment and In the Mood for Love outside of a film class."<br /><br />Lord. Those aren't even obscure, so this must be a crazy dumb class of kids.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960849284510182412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1435448003077731913.post-35692533514974964092009-12-21T15:19:35.503-05:002009-12-21T15:19:35.503-05:00LOL.
Okay, I feel that way about my high school f...LOL.<br /><br />Okay, I feel that way about my high school film class too. I mean, it's an easy elective, so I don't feel that horrible about the future of film. All we ever do is watch movies and take objective tests on them. But when someone <i>speaks</i>, it's actually pretty painful.<br /><br />My teacher wrote some info about <i>A Place in the Sun</i> on the board and indicated that the film won 6 Academy Awards. A student raised her hand and asked, "I don't get it. Do you mean Elizabeth Taylor won 6 Academy Awards for this movie?"<br /><br />Or when my teacher talked about the Steve Martin remake of <i>Father of the Bride</i>. A student actually asked, "Was the remake <i>Bringing Down the House</i>?"<br /><br />Or when the teacher tells us that 1939 is the best year for film and shows us crap like <i>Goodbye, Mr. Chips</i>.Marcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026474177609894679noreply@blogger.com