#Cannes jury president Park Chan-wook says "I don’t think politics and art should be divided."
" I think it’s a strange concept to think that they’re in conflict with each other. Just because a work of art has a political statement, it should not be considered an enemy of art. At the same time, just because a film is not making a political statement, that film should not be ignored. Even if we are to make a brilliant political statement, if it’s not expressed artfully enough, it would just be propaganda. So what I want to say is that art and politics are not concepts that are in conflict with each other, as long as they are artistically expressed, they are valuable."
Unfortunately, you have to read the book, listen to the album, and watch the movie yourself, rather than solely rely on the judgment of others; taste is forged by your own instincts and preferences, not outside consensus. Also, the mark of a real hater is knowing your enemy.
We need more theater critics. More food critics. Architecture critics. Movie critics. People who have studied a subject and aren’t afraid to point out when art is terrible instead of just “creating content.”
It's 1991 and you awkwardly win a box of chocolates and some Brighter Summer Day movie posters from Chang Chen and his dad while their castmates watch from the audience on TV game show Good Luck.
i love offering things to people. would you like half of this pastry. a grape. do you need me to do anything. can i help. would you like my seat. a cup of tea. a chat. a game. my hand. my prayers
one thing I really liked about WEAPONS was how it depicted grief as not merely a state of catatonia. Garner’s character finds time to be fun and flirty. Brolin still has to go to his McMansion job. the demands—and pleasures—of life still exist, irrespective of pain.