dvdisoil wrote:
jag wrote:
Also it shows that a good critic doesnt make a good filmmaker.
That’s not true , The entire French New Wave was built atop of such critics as Truffaut, Godard, Rohmer, Rivette and they all turned out to be excellent film makers. Our own Satyajit Ray/Riwtik Ghatak were great critics, they regularly wrote about films and it helped them shape their carrier as filmmakers. Satyajit Ray’s article blasting popular films in India landed him his first job as art director (which he later quit !). Another wonderful example is Donald Ritchie ( the Japanese film/cultural guru) – he was/is a successful avant-garde film maker .So the list goes on and on ...
It is true that not all critics can be filmmakers, but there has been shining examples in world cinema where it turned out to be so and I am glad it happened ( hoping a similar Indian New Wave will come through !)
I have no intentions to sound like an elitist prick. But here's a quick pop quiz for ya dvdisoil: (and YES! this is out of nowhere)
What hindi film did Satyajit Ray consider to be one of India's finest film?
This question is open to anyone actully. Grand prize to the winner is that they can, for one day only, be my close and personal friend
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