Follow-up on the Valley's film scene (or scenelessness, as the case may be)

[rebeccmeister]

Apparently there was an article recently in the Arizona Republic about the Valley's film scene. Read about it here.

Comments

[annikusrex.livejournal.com]

Uh, I hope nobody's actually looking for Miss Potter, because that movie really, really sucks. (Apparently IMDB thought I represented the "prevailing winds" on that one--I don't know whether to be proud or depressed.)

But it's nice that they mentioned Iraq in Fragments, and sad, sad, SAD that a Spanish-language movie like Volver (by Almodovor, no less) would have problems getting to the art theaters around Phoenix.

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the world of film here in Arizona--lots of suckitude, with occasional moments of adequacy (at best). I really hate Mr. Harkins sometimes, although the AZ Republic's review of the state of film in Arizona tries hard to be sympathetic to his "plight."

I don't buy it--Madstone used to play decent films, but I think due to its more out-of-the-way location it couldn't attract the same audiences as Camelview. Perhaps both places needed to do a better job of educating the public to have more nuanced and varied tastes in film (the occasional "film fests" in the Phoenix area are incredibly disappointing). Overall, the state of film in AZ is another case of pasty, bland, white Americans failing to support interesting artistic endeavors.