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My generic review of anything is: it would have been twice as good if it was half as long. Make the work irreducible.
by smitty1e 4y ago
My generic review of anything is: it would have been twice as good if it was half as long.
Make the work irreducible.
- readthenotes1 4y agoIt would have been better shorter
- eru 4y agoIn most cases, yes. But it totally depends on why you need a piece of media (or even art). At the most extreme end, your runtime is fixed. Eg a specific song in a musical might have to last a certain minimum time, so that the crew in the background can quickly change the set. Or think of background music in a game, or even in a bar. They have to be on for as long as it takes, and shouldn't loop too often.
- smitty1e 4y agoA counter-example is Rush, "2112", running 20:34. Couldn't they cram in another 0:38 seconds somewhere for a 21:12 runtime? Totally blown opportunity there.
- YurgenJurgensen 4y agoSince I can't remember the exact quote, the final two lines of Pompo the Cinephile are something like: "What's your favourite thing about this movie?" "That it's exactly ninety minutes long." With the 'long' coming at the precise moment the runtime tips over from 1:29:59.
- JKCalhoun 4y agoLike Haiku, there is no doubt a creativity that is required/emerges when the discipline of brevity and conciseness act as gating factors.