dha is the catalog!

David H. Adler dha at panix.com
Thu May 30 20:38:19 PDT 2013


On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 07:02:41PM -0500, Reini Urban wrote:
> 
> On May 29, 2013, at 11:25 PM, David H. Adler <dha at panix.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 02:52:26PM -0700, John Haugeland wrote:
> >> 
> >> Also, his bad movies are actually really good.  They're like movies that
> >> someone was dared to make.  Give them a chance.  It's not like we're
> >> talking about Hammer Films here.  :)  If you think Plan 9 from Outer Space
> >> is the worst movie of all time, I recommend a good solid showing of Legend
> >> of the Seven Golden Vampires, or other unrelated classics like Attack of
> >> the Killer Tomatoes Part 3 and Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD.
> > 
> > I had an argument once with a friend who taught film about Ed Wood being
> > an auteur. I claimed he was, as his films had a clear stylistic and
> > thematic consistency. He claimed he wasn't because his films were awful.
> > 
> 
> David,
> We can have another argument in the same fashion if you want to.
> 
> I worked as professional film critic for more than 10 years and I am still going 
> to the major festivals. 
> Both of you are right.
> Clear and consistent style and themes are okay, but this doesn't make you
> a good filmmaker per se. 
> To be a good filmmaker you need to make good films also :)
> Or least certain parts of a film must be good enough. 
> Story, working with the actors, technical, marketing, ...

Ah, but I never claimed he was a good filmmaker. I just claimed he fit
the auteur theory. I think my friend was claiming that one could not be
an auteurist filmmaker if he/she didn't make good films. I disagreed.

dha

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David H. Adler - <dha at panix.com> - http://www.panix.com/~dha/
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