A perfect essay that captures the deterioration of the cinema in today's time. As someone who is really obsessed with unique and original films, Everything Everywhere All at Once felt like a breath of fresh air last year, especially when the cinema in general is dominated by reboots and films following the similar monotonous trope.
Loved your writing, especially the way you bifurcated 'The Rift' section into 2 parts, making it easier for the readers to follow every word. The research, OH MY GOD, I got to learn so so much! And this is was what I love about this community! So, thank you so much for curating it all!
One thing I would also love to see is your take on original ideas vs reboots in today's time and how the cinema has become a commercial space for big production companies to only make money and not looking after the quality of the films they put out.
Oh and, this statement,
"Art on the other hand is equivalent to the nature of gift-giving. An artist distils themselves, their experience and perspective into a piece of work that is offered to the bystander. The bystander more often than not has no expectation of what they will encounter when experiencing it for the first time. Just like unwrapping a gift."
My only complaint is that this isn't mine! Perfectly encapsulates the relationship between an artist and its audience!
I'd never thought of content replacing cinema in this way. "content is to cinema what video is to photograph" - I like that.
Usually I'm not a fan of "people just don't appreciate art anymore" arguments, as I think its more like "culture is evolving, and art with it, and the art that was once mainstream is becoming more niche, just as new art is coming to the surface" - but that's not the full story either. The context in which we experience art greatly impacts its significative power to us. Short form content like Instagram reals remove this context, whereas cinemas create it.
Yeah, I don't agree either with the arguments like "no one appreciates good movies" or "they dont make them like they used to", etc. Every evolution in the artistic expression will isolate some and bring to light others. I see that happening now with cinema. You make a great point about cinema creating context in which to appreciate art as well. One facet of the context is how we're experience it as well, eg.: are you playing a movie just for background noise, etc. ?
A perfect essay that captures the deterioration of the cinema in today's time. As someone who is really obsessed with unique and original films, Everything Everywhere All at Once felt like a breath of fresh air last year, especially when the cinema in general is dominated by reboots and films following the similar monotonous trope.
Loved your writing, especially the way you bifurcated 'The Rift' section into 2 parts, making it easier for the readers to follow every word. The research, OH MY GOD, I got to learn so so much! And this is was what I love about this community! So, thank you so much for curating it all!
One thing I would also love to see is your take on original ideas vs reboots in today's time and how the cinema has become a commercial space for big production companies to only make money and not looking after the quality of the films they put out.
Oh and, this statement,
"Art on the other hand is equivalent to the nature of gift-giving. An artist distils themselves, their experience and perspective into a piece of work that is offered to the bystander. The bystander more often than not has no expectation of what they will encounter when experiencing it for the first time. Just like unwrapping a gift."
My only complaint is that this isn't mine! Perfectly encapsulates the relationship between an artist and its audience!
Looking forward for more of these Keane :)
Great essay!
I'd never thought of content replacing cinema in this way. "content is to cinema what video is to photograph" - I like that.
Usually I'm not a fan of "people just don't appreciate art anymore" arguments, as I think its more like "culture is evolving, and art with it, and the art that was once mainstream is becoming more niche, just as new art is coming to the surface" - but that's not the full story either. The context in which we experience art greatly impacts its significative power to us. Short form content like Instagram reals remove this context, whereas cinemas create it.
Yeah, I don't agree either with the arguments like "no one appreciates good movies" or "they dont make them like they used to", etc. Every evolution in the artistic expression will isolate some and bring to light others. I see that happening now with cinema. You make a great point about cinema creating context in which to appreciate art as well. One facet of the context is how we're experience it as well, eg.: are you playing a movie just for background noise, etc. ?
Glad you liked it.