In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance.
Interpretation
Film criticism has shifted from being an independent evaluation to one that serves the interests of the movie industry.
Wim Wenders highlights a critical observation about contemporary film criticism, suggesting that it has become too aligned with the movie industry, prioritizing commercial interests over objective analysis. This phenomenon reflects a broader trend within consumer culture, where critics may prioritize the industry’s goals rather than serving as a necessary counterbalance that encourages artistic integrity and innovation.
In practice
In a film studies class, this quote could be used to discuss the role of critics in shaping the perception of movies.
The most political decision you make is where you direct people's eyes. In other words, what you show people, day in and day out, is political...And the most politically indoctrinating thing you can do to a human being is to show him, every day, that there can be no change.
But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive.
Every photo, every 'ONCE' in time is also the beginning of a story starting 'once upon a time...' Every photo is the first frame of a movie.
Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.
There was a German philosopher who is very well known, his name was Immanuel Kant, and he said there are two things that don’t have to mean anything, one is music and the other is laughter. Don’t have to mean anything that is, in order to give us deep pleasure.
I cannot say why I wanted to paint. The only answer is in the pictures themselves.
And it was always the stories that needed the telling that gave us the rope we could cross any river with. They balanced us high above any crevasse. They made us be natural acrobats. They made us brave. They met us well. They changed us. It was in their nature to.
A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it?
An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way
What a beautiful testament to the creative spirit and its true motives, to creative contribution coming from a place of purpose rather than a hunger for profit.
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