Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 17:14:48 -0500, Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> wrote: >on 30/10/00 4:11 pm, Paul Chefurka at Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com wrote: > >> I don't know about you, but I go to get "movies". Blockbuster doesn't rent >> much that I'd dignify by calling it a "film". > >Calling a movie a 'film' these days is very unfashionable in the biz. >Everyone makes 'movies'. I know I write them. 'Film' has all the wrong >connotations... like calling a walkman a 'portable tape-replay apparatus' or >the radio in your car a 'wireless'. Or having a handlebar moustache. The >only people who use the word 'film' are (a) students (b) critics (c) >producers who are trying to raise money from the National Film Board of >Canada. Thank God I'm not a student, a critic or a producer. I make straightforward distinctions: "Lethal Weapon IV" was a movie, "Babette's Feast" was a film. It works for me. Now where'd I put that moustache wax? Paul