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When I first started making videos, I was bored out of mind by the trendy "deep analysis".
Why would I barely feel anything when watching, why would I not feel any personality?
I try to do mostly personality and attempted pathos with analysis blended in there. https://twitter.com/loverboymedia/status/1260655465202978817
And that's where the "pretentious" bit comes from I think.
Because if I fail at making the viewer feel what I'm trying to get them to feel, it comes off as sappy/faux emotional.
Because if I fail at making the viewer feel what I'm trying to get them to feel, it comes off as sappy/faux emotional.
The thing is... I would *much* rather watch a 15 year old who has never studied film talk about why he truly loves a movie, than watch a 35 year old explain why Enemy is really about commitment issues.
Art, to me, is about passion and love. As long as you are making a video, negative or positive, that contains passion and love, you are a hero in my book.
The next iconic director probably isn’t logging 240 films a month on their letterboxd.
They are probably making dumb movies with their friends and obsessing over the films they deeply love.
They are probably making dumb movies with their friends and obsessing over the films they deeply love.
