Fred, don't put Chicago after your name - you aren't worthy of that city. On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 5:48 PM Fred Camper <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ryder, > > I was going to reply to Roddy's idiotic post, even though I have > generally tried to ignore him based on past experience, and thought > better of it, but now you have (unintentionally) inspired me to enter. > > Respectfully, I disagree with you. In fact, I would like to see more > criticism of things posted to FrameWords. Someone posts a video that you > dislike; tell us what's wrong with it. We are adults; we should be able > to take it. But don't talk about it unless you view all of it, and with > care. > > The problem instead is that Roddy posted a review of a book based on the > first four pages. He seems to be proud of himself for having read four > pages and formed an opinion based on them. The amount of irresponsible > disrespect inherent in sending such a critique to, what is it, a > thousand people who are serious about film in all parts of the world, is > mind-boggling. Why would anyone be interested in his opinion of the > first four pages. Roddy, books often start in one place and end up in > another, as you ought to know if you have ever read any. I would never > post an opinion on the first four minutes of a three hour video, or even > the first two hours of it. Someone who would write a critique on the > first four pages of a book sounds like someone who is only more > interested in broadcasting their own thinking than in learning from others. > > I have occasionally learned from books I disliked on topics that > interested me, because the process of reading the whole thing becomes a > process of finding out, through your own objections, what you think. > > The distinction I am making is important to me. Read a whole book, and, > if you disagree with it, construct an answer, a critique, an objection. > That is showing respect. Commenting on the first four pages is not only > disrespectful, but moronic. > > Fred Camper > Chicago. > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > http://film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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