tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348238.post7896484297400944150..comments2024-03-28T11:25:51.846+01:00Comments on Unspoken Cinema: Losing the ability to contemplate art for itselfBenoitRouillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13525748892885946674noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348238.post-7300148821644908962019-01-13T20:03:08.276+01:002019-01-13T20:03:08.276+01:00I don't see how it is contradictory. Spectator...I don't see how it is contradictory. Spectators have the right to dislike or miss or fail a work of art, for various (subjective) reasons. But what is wrong is to blame the art for this boredom/dislike. Especially for critics who are a special kind of spectators, they give a prescriptive opinion on it and tell people whether the art is worthwhile or not... which shouldn't be based on a BenoitRouillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525748892885946674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348238.post-13235315139852643912019-01-09T14:27:12.753+01:002019-01-09T14:27:12.753+01:00Like Alexander, I am very appreciative of your pos...Like Alexander, I am very appreciative of your posts and attempts to disseminate CCC for the earnest (or although potentially less educated/cine-literate) viewer such as myself, but:<br /><br />I came across your blog after reading your rebuttal to Nick James ( http://unspokencinema.blogspot.com/2010/05/slow-films-easy-life-sight.html ). There, I understood that the point you were making was on Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088369363562051898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348238.post-82826510475188479482011-06-01T15:55:22.573+02:002011-06-01T15:55:22.573+02:00If you never spent 2h on a painting in your life, ...If you never spent 2h on a painting in your life, you didn't study art seriously yet. <br />You realize that critics and historians spend more than the normal runtime of a film on it to study it in depth, right? Watching it over and over, frame by frame, extensive still shot analysis...HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348238.post-73714827246047103332011-05-31T20:44:57.140+02:002011-05-31T20:44:57.140+02:00Although I like the idea behind this post, and lov...Although I like the idea behind this post, and love some of the paintings included, you do realise that nobody looks at the same painting for 2 hours straight, right? While I don't think films should be just about entertainment, they do have perhaps the highest potential to entertain out of all mediums, so it's not surprising (although a little disappointing) that people dismiss Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13638806334655792328noreply@blogger.com