Good grief. Who will be king of the molehill? This is riveting stuff as usual.
Kim - thank you for sharing your book and for helping to keep analog/alternative/hybrid/experimental moving image work something that can be seriously discussed. I look forward to reading more than four pages... ~t On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 5:58 PM Bruce Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > http://film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > -- THOMAS M. DEXTER ARTIST / FILMMAKER / NYC (646) 260-3133 * <https://www.instagram.com/thomasmdexter/> <https://www.facebook.com/thomas.m.dexter> ** <https://vimeo.com/tdexter> *
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