Greetings, people...
Asbjorn Gronsrad got my attention in his concern over the apparent
neglect of filmic form by theorists. What got my attention is that it
isn't being neglected at all; concerns over form have been surrendered
to those who know formal issues best: filmmakers.
Those theorists who address the issue of form in their theories
usually fall by the wayside and are happily forgotten. Those who
endure -- and continue to inspire -- are those who have been actively
engaged as filmmakers (Sergei Eisenstein would be a shining example).
Asbjorn seems to be on the threshold of thinking like a filmmaker,
on the verge of realizing that no theory is any more than a theory,
i.e., a matrix of variously interrelated ideas, any one (or more) of
which can be cast aside as spurious at any moment. The moral here for
theorists? The more complex your theory, the greater the risk of
waking up one morning to find out that everything you've espoused is
now -- unexpectedly -- oddly quaint and sadly wrong.
Most of you have likely detected the scent of Pragmatism in this
posting, and you are correct.
Until my next posting, take care...
MARK HELMS
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