Re: A Brief Digression about Digressions

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:12:43 +1000

> > By the way, do you think film is art? I was debating this with some
> >people the
> > other day and it would be interesting to know what you all think.

Well, speaking as a film gal myself (recently clawed my way into the lower
ranks of the industry as a spec screenwriter) I think film *can* be art,
but a good 98% of it is simply there to make a lot of rich guys even
richer. When you're talking about film you're talking about a lot of
different intentions and beliefs - some movies aim to become art, some
succeed, some fail, some don't even try. You can't compare a Peter
Greenaway film to a National Lampoon movie, it's like trying to compare
Andy Warhol and Leonardo da Vinci - two people entirely at cross purposes
but who both, almost by coincidence, are working in the same industry. It
is, as Tim says, a little like 

> asking "Are books good?

Camille 
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