creativity/machine

The film of tomorrow

From scratch video, via Trine:

The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary. The young filmmakers will express themselves in the first person and will relate what has happened to them: it may be the story of their first love or their most recent; of their political awakening; the story of a trip, a sickness, their military service, their marriage, their last vacation…and it will be enjoyable because it will be true and new…The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure. The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has. The film of tomorrow will be an act of love.

–Francois Truffaut
published in Arts magazine, May 1957; see also this article.

I wonder if “tomorrow” will ever arrive? I know I’ll leap out of bed full of joie de vivre (and, apparently, speaking in an outrageous French accent) if it ever does.

Anyway, an appropriate quotation to bear in mind as I head into a 10 day interdisciplinary digital storytelling masterclass led by Daniel Meadows.

jeanburgess

4 responses to “The film of tomorrow”

  1. isn’t that just the loveliest quote? also it made my research make sense, which is quite lucky as i am in my 5 week panic stage… 😉

  2. Panicking after 5 weeks? Shouldn’t you be blissfully unaware of what you’ve gotten into, and be frolicking in the library stacks in a haze of intellectual desire? Ah, perhaps you have the benefit of observing what a certain someone at home goes through…

  3. yeah, thats more like it. I feel like i know NOTHING and wathcing david take a blank piece of paper and fill it in 30 minutes, with INTELLIGENT words, make me feel sick.

    I know i shouldnt compatre myself with him, but its hard. it also, like you saw, make me VERY aware of the magnitude of all this.

    (ghasps for air)

    it’s his birthday today, btw, and guess whether he’s working or not! 😉