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HN is techy and entrepreneurial so most of the ideas presented so far suggest new technologies and business models. Does this community know of the French New
by spodek 15y ago
HN is techy and entrepreneurial so most of the ideas presented so far suggest new technologies and business models.
Does this community know of the French New Wave -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_new_wave http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_new_wave?
It influenced Hollywood as much as any new technology and business model since WWII. IT created a new ways of looking at movies, created the role of director as author, decreased studios' power, and put creation in the hands of new people. Its influence continues today, though the studios regained their power after a generation. The movement was influenced by new technologies, so I don't mean to imply they are independent.
I hope people think about other ways of thinking about change than just technology and business plans.
- zerostar07 15y agoThe role of technology is not to dictate creative ideas to artists, rather it has to be a vehicle through which artists create. BTW i don't think cinema as a whole is in a crisis, au contraire there are always beautiful stories told in movies everywhere, china, europe, indie US movies, and cinema is not gonna die when hollywood dies. So yes, entrepreneurs will suggest and create new technologies, try new things without feeling much guilt about not being idealistic.
- jamesgatz 15y agoAnd just to add to the "everything is a copy of a copy": the French New Wave was a reaction to Hollywood itself. Godard and Truffaut were infatuated with genre studio pictures, and most of their best work was a result of their passionate desire to tell Hollywood style stories. They told them with the resources available to them, which gave their films a particular aesthetic. You could call that aesthetic "enthusiastic budgetary disregard." Check out Shoot the Piano Player to see what I mean.