http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/09/bookmarks-for-november-9th/ Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/09/bookmarks-for-november-9th/#comment-36860 Jandy Stone Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:07:05 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=21162#comment-36860 Thanks for the link to the A.O. Scott WTWTA article. Great stuff - I need to remember to look for his articles more proactively, because I always enjoy his writing so much. I totally agree with him on the importance of darker children's fiction. I really get annoyed with the happy-peppy let's-just-all-be-friends-and-everything-will-be-fine message most kids films take. Thanks for the link to the A.O. Scott WTWTA article. Great stuff – I need to remember to look for his articles more proactively, because I always enjoy his writing so much. I totally agree with him on the importance of darker children’s fiction. I really get annoyed with the happy-peppy let’s-just-all-be-friends-and-everything-will-be-fine message most kids films take.

]]> http://www.rowthree.com/2009/11/09/bookmarks-for-november-9th/#comment-36841 Mike Rot Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:48:21 +0000 http://www.rowthree.com/?p=21162#comment-36841 I still maintain that the only reason there is a shift to mainstream attention to Ruppert via Collapse is because the documentary is vehemently being sold as a character study, its digestible that way. Also the director is himself not committing to the Peak Oil movement, and is consistently making that distinction in interviews. He is probably sincere, but it does make for a great accidental strategy. Come see a wacky character study and end up blindsided by a persuasive eco-politics argument that joe six-pack would usually not encounter. Such documentaries tend to be criticized for only preaching to the choir, with Collapse, the net is wider, and those going in may be surprised at what they find. I still maintain that the only reason there is a shift to mainstream attention to Ruppert via Collapse is because the documentary is vehemently being sold as a character study, its digestible that way. Also the director is himself not committing to the Peak Oil movement, and is consistently making that distinction in interviews. He is probably sincere, but it does make for a great accidental strategy. Come see a wacky character study and end up blindsided by a persuasive eco-politics argument that joe six-pack would usually not encounter. Such documentaries tend to be criticized for only preaching to the choir, with Collapse, the net is wider, and those going in may be surprised at what they find.

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