tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post3024637652140866749..comments2024-01-26T08:10:46.101-06:00Comments on Filmbo's Chick Magnet: Rivette on His Cahiers DaysFilmbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856374977796706304noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post-12112554371523008082009-05-12T12:35:00.000-05:002009-05-12T12:35:00.000-05:00Thanks a lot for this video.Thanks a lot for this video.niteshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667299083541761990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post-33113240706495922192009-05-12T08:23:00.000-05:002009-05-12T08:23:00.000-05:00Hey Catherine-- Thanks for stopping by!Hey Catherine-- Thanks for stopping by!filmbohttp://filmbo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post-28755074763464246182009-05-12T05:09:00.000-05:002009-05-12T05:09:00.000-05:00Thanks a lot for this, Filmbo. Good to see it havi...Thanks a lot for this, Filmbo. Good to see it having heard so much about the Denis film.Catherine Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844538902594202591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post-2082473812772587342009-05-12T00:01:00.000-05:002009-05-12T00:01:00.000-05:00Yeah, I would say convention over progress, but th...Yeah, I would say convention over progress, but then I might advise that stance again at some point.<br /><br />And hasn't the 'too academic' criticism existed forever (though maybe without using the word <I>academic</I>)?filmbohttp://filmbo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post-65100872688856313732009-05-11T22:46:00.000-05:002009-05-11T22:46:00.000-05:00so not a teleology of artistic "progress" but a no...so not a teleology of artistic "progress" but a non-hierarchical set of changing conventions ,maybe?<br />is dismissing a director for being "academic" a valid criticism or just a tired modernist gesture?marvincnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post-52263000411539707182009-05-11T22:10:00.000-05:002009-05-11T22:10:00.000-05:00If we assume that style and aesthetics are extensi...If we assume that style and aesthetics are extensions of language, then yes maybe it's language that can be 'outdated.' Though I think that the linguistic rules remain constant, while a filmmaker's use of the language, or an academics theory of the rules are what change over time -- though not necessarily in a more sophisticated language.filmbohttp://filmbo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163013095537537949.post-10808729207469461262009-05-11T09:59:00.000-05:002009-05-11T09:59:00.000-05:00very nice. now random question to a film connosieu...very nice. now random question to a film connosieur, is the cinema a language that evolves, in a way that certain practices like narrative or character psychology can be left behind as something "outdated" in benefit of more "sophisticated" forms of representation? yes-no-maybe<br />feel free to ignore, just wanted to know your opinionmarvincnoreply@blogger.com