culture will be held back in immense ways until it comes out from under the grip of social media algorithms. the fact that anyone would view them as any kind of 1-to-1 reflection of what is worthwhile or meaningful is such a horrible mind trick
i still shudder whenever i think about the white cuban woman who looked PARK CHAN-WOOK in the eyes and asked him how he was able to write korean women so similarly to american women and doubled down on it when he tried to politely tell her that was a silly thing to say
what they don’t tell you about the firm is that he passes bu this guy doing acrobatics again halfway through the movie but he doesn’t join in to demonstrate the titular firm has sucked the joy out of his life
Since we were discussing how people thank the cast and crew for massively profitable films.
Check out what they gave the cast of the Blair Witch Project.
i understand people on twitter have no conception of how films are funded and made (especially on the indie level) but can they stop being so fucking loud about it
It didn't get the attention of the other movies, but IRON LUNG is the real underrated movie story here. The studios rejected the Markiplier movie and his fans pretty much booked the movie in theaters. 2 of the other 3 were film festival acquisitions.
The most exhausting take in modern culture is the belief that an artwork’s merit is measured solely by the manual friction it took to create it.
If you think the "purpose" of being an artist is the tedious manual labor of fighting a software interface, you aren't an auteur. You're a factory worker who fell in love with the machinery.
Generative AI doesn’t eliminate the creative process: it elevates it. It shifts the canvas from manual execution to pure conceptual orchestration and taste.
The romanticization of technical struggle is just a coping mechanism for people who are terrified of a world where they have to compete on the strength of their ideas alone.