film v movie

[hudson bell]

>Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 11:17:00
>To: RokyE at aol.com
>From: hudson bell <hbell at sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu>
>Subject: Re: film v movie
>
> film= any recording of video...from one minute to however long yet can be
centered around something or not, hence avante-garde films, foreign, and
traditional documentaries---
>
> but a movie is also a film but a "film" is not a movie, a movie tends to
be centered around something...
>
>  and commercial success of a movie does Not mean that it's no good and
whomever thinks this is meerly holding the koolness view of a "film
aficionado" towards the masses who don't really see "films" but basically
just go to see pop "movies"......there are many great movies.....One flew
over the cuckoo's nest (even though the book was better), easy rider, ..even
dazed and confused was a great movie----for their purpose...
>
>        the attitude of a "film snob"---is the same as that of a "indy rock
snob"-----automatically dismissing all popular music as inferior when this
is actually not the case.
>        sure there are many great indy rock artists and many that are
better than the pop artists, but there are many great pop artists as well...
>        it is all a matter of opinion
>        and one's taste
>        but the snobs need to accecpt this and get on with their lives and
not harp on the fact that they are "superior" cuz they watch films or listen
to indy and condemn pop and movies....
>        it's bullshit
>        
>        I encounter this frequently in oxford, ms...when people get pissed
that John Grisham gets the limelight over such writers as Barry Hannah and
Larry Brown.... sure they are more hip and literary but Grisham meerly
appeals to more of a mass and has better advertising and distribution...
>        it's sad that art is thrown into such a crappy business side
>        but that is America hunh?  and some of us live here
>        so we just have to accept it...but we can help change it by
promoting our faves and word of mouth....
>
>        alltogether i think it's stupid to argue over a "movie" or the
since of what makes a movie great or bunk....
>        some people may think the Terminator is the best movie or the Firm
is their favorite book....whatever....Even though i don't agree...I'm not
gonna argue with them...cuz it's a never ending battle...
>        it's pointless
>