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Olivia Williams says that if you are contemptuous of Hollywood, you're contemptuous of film-making as an art form. Would you agree with this?
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Of course not! Who is Olivia Williams?
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The novelist does not long to see the lion eat grass. He realizes that one and the same God created the wolf and the lamb, then smiled, "seeing that his work was good".
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They had temporarily escaped the factories, the warehouses, the slaughterhouses, the car washes - they'd be back in captivity the next day but now they were out - they were wild with freedom. They weren't thinking about the slavery of poverty. Or the slavery of welfare and food stamps. The rest of us would be all right until the poor learned how to make atom bombs in their basements.
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Olivia seems to be under the impression that she knows all the motivations, and sentiments of each individual forming humankind.
Kong doubts that she actually has this knowledge.
But really, she is probably just trying to say that many people want to be actors for the wealth and fame, and aren't really interested in the art of it. Kong has meet many people who've said they wanted to act, and most of them appear to be like this.
Kong doubts that she actually has this knowledge.
But really, she is probably just trying to say that many people want to be actors for the wealth and fame, and aren't really interested in the art of it. Kong has meet many people who've said they wanted to act, and most of them appear to be like this.
Originally posted by Kong
But really, she is probably just trying to say that many people want to be actors for the wealth and fame, and aren't really interested in the art of it. Kong has meet many people who've said they wanted to act, and most of them appear to be like this.
But really, she is probably just trying to say that many people want to be actors for the wealth and fame, and aren't really interested in the art of it. Kong has meet many people who've said they wanted to act, and most of them appear to be like this.
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Originally posted by Piddzilla
Hmmm... That's not how I read it. I thought she meant that if you don't appreciate the major bulk of Hollywood films, then you don't know how to appreciate film as an art form - period. But I don't even know who the lady is....
Hmmm... That's not how I read it. I thought she meant that if you don't appreciate the major bulk of Hollywood films, then you don't know how to appreciate film as an art form - period. But I don't even know who the lady is....
Olivia Williams was the teacher that Max had a crush on in Rushmore.
Perhaps she's advocating filmmaking, even of the Adam Sandler variety, to art. If so, I'm not sure what to say to that, as I think there is some truth in it, despite poor phrasing. I do not like the school of thought which dismisses a good, fun movie as lacking skill or artistic value because it's anything less than dramatic Oscar fare. Making movies which appeal to a wide variety of people is not an easy thing to do, and I do not think we should hold contempt for people who are able to do so.
Furthermore, I imagine it's a tad difficult to appreciate cinema in any way without appreciating a good deal of what comes out of Hollywood, on account of sheer volume alone.
Furthermore, I imagine it's a tad difficult to appreciate cinema in any way without appreciating a good deal of what comes out of Hollywood, on account of sheer volume alone.
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Originally posted by Piddzilla
Who is Olivia Williams?
Who is Olivia Williams?
Last edited by Aniko; 05-09-03 at 08:40 PM.
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well. come on disliking Hollywood and enjoying mainstream film are like politics there are liberals and conservitives you like the basic aspect of the idea but hate portions of the people involved. and what they stand for. its the same in hollywood. I really could care less for a lot of the actors as I'm sur ethey could care less for the work they do.