Regarding my impassioned critique of Inception, many have asked me: “What could Nolan have done differently?” Which is one way of asking: “What could he have done that you would have liked?” At first my response was along the lines of, “Well, not doing the things he did”—but that’s flippant. And so I next tried [...]
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Scott Pilgrim vs. Inception for the Future of the Cinematic Imagination
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amélie, Art as Device, Christopher Nolan, Edgar Wright, Inception, Plumtree, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Princess Bride, Viktor Shklovsky on August 26, 2010 | 20 Comments »
Pop’s Beautiful Blankness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dusty Springfield, I Only Want to Be With You, I've Told Ev'ry Little Star, Inception, Jerome Kern, Linda Scott, Mary Ellis, Music in the Air, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rob Reiner, The Princess Bride, Tim Jones-Yelvington, William Goldman on August 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I wanted to add something to Tim’s recent post “On Pop Songs,” where he wrote: Part of the magic of pop songs is their blankness as texts. How, with their generic sentiments, and accessible melodies that rapidly signal which emotion they’re meant to represent, they are easily appropriated. You know, like — ” Omigod, omigod, [...]
Art as Device, and Device (When it Works) as Miracle (or, The Princess Bride vs. Inception)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Art as Device, Billy Crystal, Christopher Nolan, Ellen Page, Inception, Joshua Gordon-Levitt, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Rob Reiner, The Princess Bride, Viktor Shklovsky, William Goldman on August 20, 2010 | 15 Comments »
In my recent criticism of Inception, I took Mr. Nolan to task for his inelegant use of screenwriting devices, such as his endless reliance on (often irrelevant) exposition. Some took objection to this. (See the comment thread here, also.) To clarify: the problem is not the device, but the clumsy, bare-boned way in which it’s [...]
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