I thought this was interesting when I was reading about film professor Ray Carney, a champion of John Cassavetes and recent lover of the work of Andrew Bujalski. Its good for all of you filmmakers who may be uneasy about criticisms of your work. Here's a snippet of an overall amazing piece on what real art is in cinema:
"If your work is even a little original, it is doomed to be misunderstood. Reviewers’ criticisms will generally cancel each other out anyway: what one loves, another will hate. But read their reviews carefully. Read between the lines. Learn from their objections. Study what they can’t understand about your work and go further in that direction. In particular, if several of them agree about some particular problem with your work, cultivate that aspect. It is probably its strongest and most original quality. Make it even more central next time.
Bad reviews hurt, and it’s tempting to look to reviewers only for praise, but don’t block out the negative parts, all the hurtful things they say. Do what the best of life teaches us: Embrace all of experience, even the hurt. Don’t be afraid of pain. Don’t take a stance above and beyond it. Learn from it. Take it in. Let everything affect you—for better and for worse. That is the path of growth. Your sensitivity to suffering will be deeper in the future."
Read the full piece HERE:
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