Thank you Kim for the pdf, even if unintended. It just strengthened my resolve to buy a hard copy, which I will, so thanks for the discount!
Brandon Walley www.brandonwalley.com vimeo.com/brandonwalley he/him/his On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 6:53 PM Thomas Dexter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> * > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > http://film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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