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Chapters:
0:00 It's Complicated
4:42 Against Objectivism
11:17 Against Relativism
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Genre: Film & Animation
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Thomas is so good at film analysis, that he's moved on to analyzing his film analysis. He's really out here playing chess.
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"I once asked Akira Kurosawa why he had chosen to frame a shot in Ran in a particular way. His answer was that if heād panned the camera one inch to the left, the Sony factory would be sitting there exposed, and if heād panned an inch to the right, we would see the airportāneither of which belonged in a period movie. Only the person whoās made the movie knows what goes into the decisions that result in any piece of work. They can be anything from budget requirements to divine inspiration."
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Mark Kermode has a great line: āwhat does he know? He only made the movie, I watched it.ā
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Stanley Kubrick: āI think the best thing is when an audience looks at the film and wonders whether something that they see is an accident or whether the director or writer meant them to know it."
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my dads fav movie is Top Gun but when i say to him my interpretation is that it is a gay romance movie he calls me a commie
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Someone once suggested to me that 'Death of the Author' is a satirical essay and I got trapped in a paradox trying to figure out what Roland Barthes intent was
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This video reminds me of the concept of "Death of the Author", which legitimises the reader's interpretation even over that of the author, as the author's content is created to be read, not written. Thus, the reader's interpretation is paramount. Great video!
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Iām surprised you didnāt mention PTA in this. I love his reactions to people asking him deep questions about their personal analysis of his films. He just smiles with a pause to think about it and says āYeah, I like thatā
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9:13 is a great encapsulation of why many interpretations of a piece of art can still be valid. A director can say that a shot's implicit meaning does (or does not) mean something, sure...but every life experience the director has had informs their decisions around framing shots, etc. Great video. Keep up the good work.
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I often wondered this in english class when we had to interpret a poet or author's intent. The practice often felt like one's own projection/assumption and thought it was absurd to be graded poorly if your own interpretation wasn't aligned with the "accepted" interpretation. Thank you for the thoughtful take.
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This reminds me of the time my cinematography teacher who worked on a very famous film shared his experiences on set with this renowned cinematographer. People like to decipher his decisions on making the shots look wobbly and stylistic in this one scene with handheld low shutter speed movements when in reality he just drank too much the day before the shoot and is hungover and sleepy. Best story Iāve heard in film school.
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As a creative, I struggle so much with where the line is between when my creative works stop being āmineā and youāve done an awesome job articulating that!!
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"I never said she stole it."
This sentence can have six different interpretations based on which word you emphasize in your head while reading it. And each is valid, but the author only meant it one way - so I'd say the onus is on the author to provide that additional context which makes it clear how they wanted it read.
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My brother is a song writer and one of his songs made me think about climate change. I told him about it and he told me it was about an accident but that he liked my interpretation.
Art is not always understood in the same way and there is the beauty. It's like a conversation, sometimes the words have several meanings. Excellent work
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If I could ask Kubrick two questions, they would be: "Do you read people's interpretations of your films?" and if so, "Is any or most of it intentional?" If most of us are right, and if he answered honestly, I think he'd say all of it was intentional.
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Fascinating.
I find this sort of discussion endlessly interesting, both as a critic and someone who works in narrative and film.
It reminds me of a story I once heard of a poet who was told that a poem they wrote was being taught at a local community college and used as part of an exam.
For fun, they asked if they could submit an exam paper anonymously, and when this was arranged, they failed the exam.
The "correct" interpretation of the poem, as according to the examiners was that the piece (about a rose), represented the crucifixion, with the rose representing Christ.
The poet was amazed as apparently it literally was just a poem about a rose.
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What I believe is that the tracking shot itself is not intended as a callback. Meaning that Scorsese isn't quoting himself. I don't think he's saying "remember that thing I did a long time ago? He's a reflection on that." However, the tracking shot is a tool in his hand. One that he has perfected all along his career. When he needed to convey a particular meaning, one that reflects on the mafia mythos he's been known for making, it definetly comes up as a tired, self-reflecting version of the other tracking shot. I think its valid linking the two as parts of a whole narrative Scorsese's been working on his career.
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wonderful wonderful wonderful video. one of my favorites of yours, probably because this is a topic that iāve always been thinking about since i started getting more into film and your take on said topic is the most interesting one iāve heard so far. you also made me want to rewatch the irishman so thereās that too lol. good stuff
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Hey man,
I've been following your channel since the beginning of 2019 when you had "only" 75k subscribers. Just wanted to say thanks for all the videos and that you've done a great job reaching almost the big 500k!
Keep doing what you do!
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