Ben Motley
Supporting Actor
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Loosely related, I thought this Lars Von Trier quote was poignant...
“At the beginning of my career, I made very ‘filmic’ films. The problem is that now, it has become too easy. All you have to do is buy a computer and you are ‘filmic’.
“You have armies rampaging over mountains, you have dragons, you just push a button. I think it was OK to be ‘filmic’ when, for instance, Kubrick had to wait two months for the light on the mountain behind Barry Lyndon when he was riding towards us.
“But if you only have to wait two seconds and then some kid with a computer fills it in . . . it’s another art form, I’m sure, but I’m not interested.”Kinda brought it home for me to a degree. Surely there are other aspects of today's filmmaking that rankle me, but this one certainly is a large part of it. With the ease of production, I believe there is a loss of quality content.
The quote is from a Times Online article on Nicole Kidman at Cannes, and is in reference to Von Trier's work with her in his "U S And A" trilogy.