Time to show those evil spuds what's what
The other day during film/video production [a course I'm taking at Penn], the class hipster made the remark that "gore in movies is what people do when they want to do something easy."
This comment really rankled me, due to the fact that this guy's own final project, which he had just finished screening for us, was an "experimental documentary" about himself driving to New Jersey and taping the sunrise. I.E. it was a pathetic excuse for being too lazy to make a real movie.
So I piped up and said, "No way, violence is HARD to do!"
Hipster [more like "lip-ster" cause that's what he was giving me] responded, "Well, you have to do it right, you can't overdo it, it must be tasteful otherwise it's childish, blah blah blah."
So basically, this person records images of the road from out the car window, adds footage of the sun [time-lapsed], slaps a song by some sadsack indie band on it, THEN has the GALL to say arm-rippings, stabbings, and brutal killings in student films perpetuate sissiness!!!! And everyone's just sitting there nodding!!
Penn students, man... if you can't beat 'em, hire a thug and make an "experimental documentary" about the thug beating 'em!!
This comment really rankled me, due to the fact that this guy's own final project, which he had just finished screening for us, was an "experimental documentary" about himself driving to New Jersey and taping the sunrise. I.E. it was a pathetic excuse for being too lazy to make a real movie.
So I piped up and said, "No way, violence is HARD to do!"
Hipster [more like "lip-ster" cause that's what he was giving me] responded, "Well, you have to do it right, you can't overdo it, it must be tasteful otherwise it's childish, blah blah blah."
So basically, this person records images of the road from out the car window, adds footage of the sun [time-lapsed], slaps a song by some sadsack indie band on it, THEN has the GALL to say arm-rippings, stabbings, and brutal killings in student films perpetuate sissiness!!!! And everyone's just sitting there nodding!!
Penn students, man... if you can't beat 'em, hire a thug and make an "experimental documentary" about the thug beating 'em!!