#3 Film Festivals
January 18, 2008 by clander
White people can’t enough of Film Festivals. Especially Sundance, Toronto, and Cannes. The reason why they love them so much can be due to a number of factors.
Fact #1 – 90% of white people have taken a film class at some point in their life.
Fact #2 – White people like feeling smart without doing work – 2 hours in a theater is easier than 10 hours with book.
Fact #3 – If white people aren’t going back packing, they generally like to travel with a specific purpose.
Fact #4 – 75% of white people believe they either have the potential to or will become filmmakers/screenwriters/directors at some point.
Fact #5 – White people hate stuff that is ‘mainstream’ – so they go to film festivals where they see movies that every other person in their demographic wants to see. It’s a pretty sweet way to rebel.
Fact #6 – It is required by white person law, that you publicly declare that foreign cinema is better than Hollywood Cinema, and on par with Indie Film.
Fact #7 – White people earn credibility by being into film from strange countries – “oh you liked Batman? Yeah, I didn’t see it, I’m really into Serbian film now. They had a great retrospective at the Vancouver Festival.”
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Pretentious douche.
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i respect your opinion but, dude, there is so much to gain by learning what the avant gardé artists in your field have experimented with. You may not find it immediately palatable, but the reason they teach you that shit in college to broaden your understanding of your craft.
Just because something is different than what you think you might want to create should not negate its educational value.
“I for one am not interested in learning about film noir or whatever else it is we talked about that I didn’t give a sh*t about.”
You can’t simply teach students the mainstream run of the mill formulaic pictures because, believe it or not, the people trying to inspire their students to make Great Lasting Films don’t want you following formulas to make lots of money or whatever you were studying film for.
In order to create truly great art, you must have a keen understanding of the art that provided the foundation for the medium as it stands today.
It is in this way only that you will rise above and embrace your personal style, not held back by a misunderstand of or an absence of knowledge of a particular style of cinema.
But then again school isn’t for everyone and some people are naturally gifted and talented enough that they cant just spew out genius without having to analyze what other geniuses have.
this seems like what white psuedo hipsters like. when i think of white people i think of the fat mainstream. i am white, i like film festivals, I drink coffee.. but guess what, so do all of my black / asian / mexican friends!
you should change “white people” to “people who feign interests to look cool”
although i guess that doesn’t roll off the tongue as well..
F*** film festivals. I’m in my second semester of college, and am no longer a motion pictures major. Foooorget that. Film history? Who gives a flying f***? I for one am not interested in learning about film noir or whatever else it is we talked about that I didn’t give a sh*t about.
Same that crap for some real film nerd with some “message” for society. Sweet Jesus, f*** indie films.
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