Sabastian,
Like i said in what I wrote initially, I don’t want to devalue any of the great people who gave their time and energy and creative capabilities to any of the film’s affiliated websites – all of it is worthwhile in my book if it’s genuinely serving the film – my only complaint is on the day Inglourious Basterds surpassed Pulp Fiction at the box office, - perhaps we shouldn’t rush to pat the most recent tech fad on the back when truly, the genius of the motion picture itself drew the crowds. The guts, nerve, courage and perseverance of the visionary talent of Quentin Tarantino — doing what no one else could even imagine, much less manifest, just might deserve maximum recognition, on a day like that.
Sometimes, the best man wins.
(Not, the best advertisement.)
Dare I say this aloud ?
If (name your favorite social networking format here)
had not been invented,
it would have done as well.
If art is food, that feeds our hearts, minds, spirit and humanity, there are many other ways to
communicate to each other, as we must to survive, what foods are nutrient rich and nourish and what’s poison. Hundred monkey theory? Butterfly effect?
Survival of the fittest?
What?
Have we evolved beyond evolution?
The cream will sometimes, still rise to the top.
We have not left gravity behind yet. Or whatever
dynamic brings cream to the top…
Pulp Fiction somehow managed very well without the hype, without the twitcher.
The ‘hype’ reaches some more than others. Hype does not reach some at all.
It quite possibly scares a whole other, probably minor, invisible demographic away. Some people I talked to, had to be persuaded by me, to seriously consider seeing it. They didn’t want to, based on some aspects of the hype. But they all adored it after seeing it. I’m not taking anything away from those that gave something. I just see who gave the most power to it’s success and he wrote it, directed it, cast it, imagined it, promoted it, and hopefully will win best director, best screenplay and best picture for it…
This film is bigger than any hype could account for. I don’t just mean in terms of box office. Just wait five years from now, ten years from now. See how it’s viewed in retrospect. Mark my words…it never needed any hype.
