joi, 30 mai 2013

...fidelity to perfectionism...

“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.” (David Foster Wallace)

Parks and Rec: Star Wars filibuster

apud Patton Oswalt

The Theme, succintly

When you make a movie, always try to discover what the theme of the movie is in one or two words. Every time I made a film, I always knew what I thought the theme was, the core, in one word. In “The Godfather,” it was succession. In “The Conversation,” it was privacy. In “Apocalypse,” it was morality.” (F.F. Coppola)

Superman's beard

apud Conan O'Brien

luni, 27 mai 2013

Sincerity/Authenticity/Truth in Art

A celebrated modern artist and theoretician claimed that, for art, sincerity is not enough; truth is of the essence. I am persuaded that a lot of “sincere art” may not have any aesthetic value. Yet, if you take the step from “sincerity” to “authenticity,” matters sound altogether different. Without authenticity there can be no good art. Authenticity is closer to truth than sheer sincerity. (Ileana Marcoulesco)