Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Jun 25, 2016 21:17:02 GMT
I've been so saddened with so many things lately... People close to me being sick or passing away, Orlando, Paris, Trump, Brexit etc so want to take my mind off it, so I'm gonna try to start a conversation about plain old art.
sooo....
my wife just watched the doc Room 237...about all the conspiracy theories out there about The Shining. I've already seen it and am not a fan, whereas she really liked it. she believes that there are themes (holocaust, native american genocide) left in The Shining consciously by Kubrick, where I disagree. to make my argument I used the following comparison:
Kubrick was a MASTER of his craft. Every shot, every line of dialogue, everything was done to his idea of perfection. he didn't rush, didn;t bow to any outside pressures. just made his films EXACTLY how he envisioned them
Rothko was a MASTER of his craft. His paintings aren't just blocks of paint... they're meticulously painted, layer by layer, to achieve the perfect effect he's envisioned
so what's my point? it's that people who are THAT GOOD at something make things so perfect, so rarely. When we see perfection, we feel forced to put some deeper meaning to it because we're not used to seeing it day to day. People ask if Kubrick's films (especially The Shining) are a metaphor for X because his craft is so good that we're just not used to seeing a true master. He's just telling a fairly straightforward story, but just doing it better than anyone else could. People ask what fans of Rothko see in his artwork, expecting to get some deep answer, where in reality, the answer is just that it's SO well done . we're drawn to it because of it's quality f
even most of "the best" art (think most Oscar winners, albums of the year etc) is just very, very good. It's EXTREMELY rare to see a true genius/visionary at their peak. Which is why when we do, we tend to to absorb them, and in return, projecting ourselves into what we're seeing or hearing. The Shining isn't about the holocaust - it's just a story about self-destruction and ghosts. Rothko's painting aren't some sort of blackholes we stare into to tell us the meaning of life. Both are just examples of true greatness, and since we see it so rarely, we want to make them about more than they really are
what do you think? I can't tell which point of view is the jaded one.
sooo....
my wife just watched the doc Room 237...about all the conspiracy theories out there about The Shining. I've already seen it and am not a fan, whereas she really liked it. she believes that there are themes (holocaust, native american genocide) left in The Shining consciously by Kubrick, where I disagree. to make my argument I used the following comparison:
Kubrick was a MASTER of his craft. Every shot, every line of dialogue, everything was done to his idea of perfection. he didn't rush, didn;t bow to any outside pressures. just made his films EXACTLY how he envisioned them
Rothko was a MASTER of his craft. His paintings aren't just blocks of paint... they're meticulously painted, layer by layer, to achieve the perfect effect he's envisioned
so what's my point? it's that people who are THAT GOOD at something make things so perfect, so rarely. When we see perfection, we feel forced to put some deeper meaning to it because we're not used to seeing it day to day. People ask if Kubrick's films (especially The Shining) are a metaphor for X because his craft is so good that we're just not used to seeing a true master. He's just telling a fairly straightforward story, but just doing it better than anyone else could. People ask what fans of Rothko see in his artwork, expecting to get some deep answer, where in reality, the answer is just that it's SO well done . we're drawn to it because of it's quality f
even most of "the best" art (think most Oscar winners, albums of the year etc) is just very, very good. It's EXTREMELY rare to see a true genius/visionary at their peak. Which is why when we do, we tend to to absorb them, and in return, projecting ourselves into what we're seeing or hearing. The Shining isn't about the holocaust - it's just a story about self-destruction and ghosts. Rothko's painting aren't some sort of blackholes we stare into to tell us the meaning of life. Both are just examples of true greatness, and since we see it so rarely, we want to make them about more than they really are
what do you think? I can't tell which point of view is the jaded one.