Dr HadrienF

prolétaire intellectuel leader d'opinion.

Film scholar, British cinema, classical Hollywood, melodrama and stuff!
Also on buesky: @drhadrienf2.bsky.social

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

Afin de mettre d'ordre dans mes affaires, et pour quelques hypothétiques âmes perdus que mes divagations littéraro-cinématographiques intéressent, voici le thread de mes threads.

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@richard_maurhut @epchapman1986 but the only big non-academic movie critic I can stand is Bazin so I'm not really the best judge of that kind of literature 😅
More seriously any artist can be criticized but it takes more than just calling them "middlebrow"...

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@richard_maurhut @epchapman1986 I am not familiar with this particular critic by Skorecki. Knowing I am not surprised that he judged Scorsese harshly. I don't care much for the kind of cantankerous ejaculation Skorecki was know for. Although he was a real thinker he often annoys me (even when I agree)

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@richard_maurhut @epchapman1986 I think you are using these terms in a much more interesting way than the original poste!

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@richard_maurhut @epchapman1986 And I think both Bergman and Scorsese are brilliant artist of the highest order, the fact Scorsese is also a popular filmmaker makes it all the more admirable.

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@richard_maurhut @epchapman1986 But that says nothing about their respective artistic worth (and let's be clear this is all this discussion is about, OP used middlebrow as a disqualifying term, that's what people are protesting against). It's screen between us and the work itself .

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@ObliquesRegards non évidemment, mais vu que c'est leur logique je ne vois pas pourquoi se priver de la retourner contre eux.

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@ObliquesRegards Moi*

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@ObliquesRegards Mais j'aimerais bien voir l'arbre généalogique de ces imbéciles...

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

Ce n'est pas parce que vos pêts de cervaux ont l'air d'être gauche:
1) qu'ils le sont
2) que c'est intelligent.

[florent @yrralFisherman]

Depuis que j'ai appris que Shohei Imamura c'était un immense bourgeois je peux pas m'empêcher de voir ses films comme un mec qui bande sur les pauvres

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@elladorn_ @QuicksilverClay Oh? you realized that alone, all by yourself? A significant progress!!! Yes "middlebrow" isn't really a rigorous term. It doesn't really have a stable significant because it's just a set of implied values you can used to pass Judgement without having to really argue your point.

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@QuicksilverClay @elladorn_ Most of Bergman's films are middlebrow. Most of what we call arthouse films are middlebrow, very few are actual avant garde, experimental/really hermetic work. It doesn't say much about their artistic quality. Using "middlebrow" as a term of dismissal like OP is rather idiotic.

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@vanpersi123 @elladorn_ Is it a joke? It must be, nobody can survive while being this stupid and ignorant...

[brent___x @brentmichaelcox]

perfect, though almost tbh, but shot for shot and cut to cut his style is so obviously his own and so frequently copied by lesser artists that its power can be forgotten, which is one of the hallmarks of a great artist. Like Bergman. AI is causing an unfortunate new moralism,/

[brent___x @brentmichaelcox]

Not only is he as “singular” as Bergman, through his work in film restoration and advocating for international cinema he is also easily the most influential American director seriously trying to help create a more film literate US public. It’s not to say every single movie is/

[brent___x @brentmichaelcox]

Whatever you think abt Scorsese’s decisions, this is the kind of ignorant take we use to justify denigrating wildly important artists. Scorsese is one of the most singular, influential, and stylistically masterful directors in history, “arthouse” and “mainstream” alike./

[Dr HadrienF @HadrienF2]

@Plangentfall @elladorn_ @SuperHario64 That is as stupid and pretentious as what you are responding to...