''Is it really that much of an instant gratification generation that you get in, judge, and get out so quickly?'' Millennials...There should be a horror movie titled ''Children of the Yuppies''.
2015-09-26 3:46 GMT-04:00 Dave Tetzlaff <djte...@gmail.com>: > Francisco Torres wrote: > > I figured it couldn't be that bad, that I could surely draw inspiration > from artists with a lifetime of experience, and that it could enrich my > practice and inspire me. > > > Do people really talk like THAT? Is this guy for real? > > > Hmmm. Maybe not. Could be a troll post: a parody of a spoiled millenial > squawk writing style intended to get older FRAMEWORKERS to react with > dyspeptic curmudgeonous, and the author is sitting back giggling at the > thread. Googling 'Jona Gerlach' yields no likely suspect for the post: just > a Facebook page of a student in Germany with no apparent interest in film > (and the post doesn't read as ESL), and a Twitter account with all of two > short original tweets, both apparently snarky replies to existing threads: > "you just broke the toilet" and "really excited about the hookers". But > maybe it's a fake of a different kind... > > The thing is, I don't know why anyone who's heard about FRAMEWORKS "from > many sources" would imagine this is a place to "draw inspiration from > artists with a lifetime of experience" yada yada yada, or that ANY listserv > would offer such an experience. Posts that discuss the ART of experimental > film only show up here once in a blue moon. That's natural. It's a deep > subject, and email lists are filled with short quickly fired-off little > notes on stuff that doesn't take a lot of time to think about. We get > announcements, tech questions, requests to fill out silly lists of films > fitting some vague and over-broad one-line definition... > > If you want inspirational substance, you watch the damn films (get hip to > bit-torrent of you don't live near NY, London, or some other cultural > capital), read Scott MacDonald's interview collections, Google the websites > that have actual critical essays discussing relevant filmmakers... > > I honestly can't imagine thin-skinned millenial cry babies would even know > what a LISTSERV is, much less lower themselves and take time away from > Twitter and Instagram to read and post on one. Shit, Facebook is for > dinosaurs, which makes us, I dunno, the promordial ooze of the information > age or something. > > Now, perhaps Sasha Janerus -- who Google reveals to be an actual person in > the NYC film scene, having curated a couple screenings co-sponsored by MFW > (assuming the post to which 'Jona' replied is from that 'real Sasha > Janerus' -- one never knows) -- would have some insight on who might > respond to her post under a pseudonym, to complain about 'negativity, > people being shamed and attacked over the most innocuous things, old > grudges and hostilities...' and call for us all to unite together into a > flying wedge charging the enemies of experimental film. Like bitching at > FRAMEWORKERS and unsubscribing after two hours is a step in that direction. > > Maybe somebody associated with Millenium is a little butt-hurt at > Janerus's allegations? > > Somebody who's been a party to old grudges and hostilities, even? > > Is it just me, or is it more than "innocuous" if someone is "grifting" > around phantom remains of one of the most important institutions in the > history of our obscure little corner of artistic practice? > > I know bupkis about doings at MFW, present or past, so Janerus's post > could be nothing more than gossipy shade for all I know. But someone trying > to present such matters as "innocuous", rather than just calling out > Janerus for being full of BS, makes me wonder if those doing are indeed not > innocuous at all. > > [Seriously, I don't shit about any of these people or the history at > issue. I just 'smell' ... something... in the words of the exchange. I just > got off jury duty, and my sniffer may be over-sensitized as a result. So if > I'm showing a bit of unwarranted paranoia here, forgive me... but with the > craze for The Donald still being A Thing, dark imaginings do tend to run > through the mind, eh?] > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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