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Old 2009-03-07, 06:55   Link #90
TinyRedLeaf
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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^ That's fair enough. gaguri said he doesn't understand how something can be both aesthetically pleasing yet boring at the same time — well, Oshii proves it's possible. He consistently produces movies that look deep to some, but smell like shit to others.

So, what can I say? It's all in the eyes of the beholder. Arthouse films work the way they do because they require their audience to derive their own conclusions. What conclusions they are able to deduce in turn depends heavily on what personal experiences they can draw upon.

That's why its an incredibly self-indulgent process. High-brow "art" assumes too much from its viewers. It's like looking at a postmodern painting, filled with seemingly random splashes of ink and paint — that look like the work of a chimpanzee — and calling it art, when to most other people, it's overglorified crap.

Either way, your opinion is as valid as mine.
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