Sorry to respond to this so late, but I'd have thought
'buzz' (or marketing hype) played a more substantial
role in turning a film viewer's head..
--- "Henry M. Taylor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From the POV of film as culture and filmgoing
> history, I agree with
> Frank. Traditionally, viewers - not specifically
> cinephiles, film
> scholars or filmosophers - choose to go and see a
> film for reasons in
> the following order: 1. Star(s) featured; 2. Story
> type or genre; 3.
> Director. So stars play an important role, even if
> it is the task of
> the scholar/filmosopher to question and even
> 'deconstruct' this
> phenomenon of what used to be called identification.
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> > my understanding of cavell is that the actor’s
> material presence
> > carries more “meaning” than the work of the
> director – [of course
> > the director is necessary to the process of
> making that presence
> > available . . . but so is the cinematographer, the
> executive
> > producer, and so on]
> >
> > From: Film-Philosophy Salon
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Steven Taylor
> > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:44 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: from Heath to where?
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> > The question was whether an actors contribution
> was *as* valuable as
> > the directors.
> >
> > On 24 Jan 2008, at 23:38, Frank, Michael wrote:
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> > for one example of philosophical writing on film
> that stresses the
> > importance of the figure of the actor, see stanley
> cavell . . .
> > certainly there is no a priori reason for assuming
> that directors
> > matter and actors don’t
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