Wednesday, June 28, 2006, 11:14:41 PM, one spoke:
K> For some time I've been thinking of writing a piece on the
K> relationship of academic and amateur film criticism, particularly
K> in relation to the internet. I'm especially interested in the (very
K> hostile) chasm that exists between high-end film criticism and the
K> types of approach that you see on email lists and established film
K> fora (e.g. Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB), where teenagers, fanboys,
K> students and wannabe professional critics organize themselves into
K> interactive communities.
K> Obviously this research is in the earliest possible phase - can anyone
K> suggest other internet forums that would be worth researching, or any
K> secondary material that would be worth reading?
Aside from online journals like Rouge, Senses of Cinema, and Cinema
Scope, you left out the blogs. I don't think, for example, Girish
Shambu's blog http://www.girishshambu.com/blog/ is either
"professional" (he's an academic in a different field) or "fanboy".
Don't skip the comment threads linked at the ends of the posts, which
can be long or involved. Start there and follow the links on the
left-hand side (and again, in the comments -- he'll often do linkdumps
of the day's interesting posts not related to the original thread).
(I cite girish merely as an example, because he's himself an
interesting blogger, and he's got a good set of links. There are a lot
more.)
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Jim Flannery
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