Sunday, January 25, 2009

Why are bad movies still produced?

Last night we went to see our first movie from the Sundance Film Festival. Like always, we had read the synopsis before, were warned it was experimental, but at the end didn’t like at all what we saw. Okay, we wasted one hour of our time, so where is the big deal? It seems to me that that cinematography is a form of story telling that has every resource (image, sound and script) needed to make it incredibly compelling and superior to any other communication medium. Now, there are still directors that haven’t understood that simpler works always better, that there is no substitute for good writing and that at the end of the line, the end result has to touch someone in an enriching manner. These same individuals are so obsessed with the creativity of their work that they too easily forget it should also translate into an workable piece of communication, perhaps full of artistry, twists and nuances, but still understandable by the largest possible public. We still see too much waste like this production and I’m disappointed that the Sundance selection team even took that movie seriously. Do you even remember the worst film you’ve recently watched?

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