movies

[Vidor]

I think storytelling would have been a better word. And I wish there was some sort of high-falutin' way to say 'storytelling' to sort of access all mediums and history with some gravity. Because literature is books. Minor quibble, though.

Why do you need a highfalutin' word? Use the regular word. Say "storytelling".

[Vidor]

And yes, if you are referring to a visual work such as a film or a television show as "literature" or a novel, you have committed a gross conceptual error.

[The Third Man]

Eh, it's just shorthand for conveying depth of storytelling and characterization in a medium the strengths of which lie elsewhere. Boyhood is more literary than Apocalypse Now (ironically itself adapted from one of the most famous works of literature ever), but it's not the greater work of art by a long shot.

[Michael]

I haven't seen Boyhood, but I assure you it's greater work of art than Apocalypse Now.

[SHOW]

[robbotis]

The literature thing makes sense to me. I don't think he's thinking of literature = books. I think Louis is saying it belongs in the company of Moby Dick and Huck Finn and so on. I agree on the concept, but not on the film, which I found boring and irritating. I do think of The Wire as, so far, The Great American Novel of the 21st Century.

See, everyone's heard about the movie because of the concept. And that's what I first heard about the movie. But when i was watching, I forgot all about the concept. I was fully gripped by the story of life. The moments of this kids life just struck a chord with me. It brought back memories and was really moving in a lot of ways.

[lukethedrifter]

Literature is a high falutin' word?

[ghostrunner]

Seems like a weird thing to nitpick. It was tossed off as part of an enthusiastic mention in an email. Having said that, if a play can be literature, I don't see why a movie can't. It's a visualized written work.

[heyzeus]

I haven't seen Boyhood, but I assure you it's greater work of art than Apocalypse Now.

[SHOW]

It is.

[MrSaigon]

Literature is a high falutin' word?

Boy howdy it is. Depending on usage, I think so. Michael Chrichton books aren't literature, for example.

[The Third Man]

It is.

Plebeian.