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    1. Zack Beauchamp‏Verified account @zackbeauchamp 5 Nov 2019

      This Scorcese op-ed is an elegant expression of a philosophy of aesthetics that is, I believe, ultimately indefensible https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/martin-scorsese-marvel.html …

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    2. Zack Beauchamp‏Verified account @zackbeauchamp 5 Nov 2019

      Scorcese's argument is that there's some mind-independent, objective standard that defines what makes a movie "cinema" (that is, art with some kind of extra layer of value) when no such thing exists.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Nov 2019
      Replying to @zackbeauchamp

      He's not saying it's mind-independent & objective -- he specifically says its a product of his coming of age when he did & that other people have a different experience of the genrepic.twitter.com/0cyYz3DKhj

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    4. Zack Beauchamp‏Verified account @zackbeauchamp 5 Nov 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      It's an explanation for where his views come from, not a concession of non-cognitivism. Were he to concede that, then the conceptual architecture of the piece would completely fall apart. That's particularly clear in the conclusion, which rests on arguments about value.pic.twitter.com/dOvGihRCcJ

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Nov 2019
      Replying to @zackbeauchamp

      I think this argument is not about values but economic structures. He's saying that there was once a structure that allowed for personal art within the context of mass entertainment (i.e. 1940s film noir) but now structure separates mass entertainment & personal art.

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    6. Zack Beauchamp‏Verified account @zackbeauchamp 5 Nov 2019
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      That's definitely in there. I think there are two arguments: 1) Current film economics are crowding out non-franchise films 2) That's bad because non-franchise films are better art than franchise 1) seems undeniable, and there are reasons why it's bad beyond 2)

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Nov 2019
      Replying to @zackbeauchamp

      On point #2 I think the interesting question is why he thinks it was possible for earlier studio-made highly restrictive genre movies (noir, westerns) to be top-notch art but not possible for current franchise movies to be. He might be right but it needs to be spelled out

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    8. Matthew Zeitlin‏Verified account @MattZeitlin 5 Nov 2019
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      I think he alludes to the material factors of how films are made. You could shoot a western in a few weeks and release dozens a year, a film studio can only do so many mega blockbusters and so have to be very risk averse

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Nov 2019
      Replying to @MattZeitlin @zackbeauchamp

      He talks about this a lot in the (excellent) film history documentary he did (A Personal Journey through American films). Directors working on small budgets got away with a lot of art -- Val Lewton produced horror movies being the classic example.

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        1. Benjy Sarlin‏Verified account @BenjySarlin 5 Nov 2019
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          Not a coincidence the last bastion of innovative marketable non-franchise movies right now is horror. Blumhouse can crank out tons of low budget releases and then just a few them turn out to be transcendent.

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