A truly brilliant and artistic director. I think his mind was always striving for beauty, truth, ugly realities, ... and freedom. many of his films are haunting and profound.
Matt: I understand what you're saying, I think that's how alot of people first reacted when photography first came around. They said it wasn't art 'cause it was just capturing things as they were. If I may ask a personal question, do you think older films are more interesting to look at than modern ones?
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Yes! Today many films are so perfect & my intuition feels something is amiss. Like mass production from a factory (the boring old hollywood idea). But something a little out of focus, grainy, different speaks of vitality! Perfect films -off to h.wood I say! Imperfect films- shaky tripod, in-experienced filmmaker perhaps...those quirky ideas stay in ones mind!
Funny, I was just thinking about what a dumbass he sounded like. Everything he said has been proven incorrect. Technological advances have enabled more artistic freedom.
Matt: You don't have to apologize. To be honest, I didn't know you were French until I saw your channel. ;) Your English is very good considering it's not your first language, I can't imagine how many times I've seen people with god-awful English, who were American, British, Australian, and so on. Anyway, I take it you're a bit of a film buff then? ;)
I'm wondering and I might be wrong, but is Renoir saying that because tapestries became more advanced in how they depicted reality, they ultimately weren't as good as the 'primitive' ones? In other words, does he believe that it is better to depict reality in a relatively primitive way?
I think he's partly just having a laugh here. "Our intelligence leads us to do stupid things." That's a great line, but he too was innovative with sound design and camera movement.
MaTuffe001: Spielberg is an entertainer and storyteller not an artist (unlike for example Resnais, Greenaway, Brothers Quay, Imamura, Bergman, Tarkovsky)
Matt: I thought he said when the techniques became perfected, comparing advances in tapestry making with widescreen and color films, that it became artificial?
Matt: Well, I probably could've worded that better. I rather meant that since Renoir seemed to prefer the way films were made before, I just wanted your opinion.
No, because with the example of Lurçat, he says that when artists try to depict reality in a primitive way their art becomes artificial and he says that it is something tragic. He adds that to obtain a beautiful work of art an artist must be talented enough to overcome technique, in other words he must be a genius.
NGS: Well, thank you! Your english is not bad either ;-)!!! Kidding aside, yes, I really like movies, all kind of movies but as you may have noticed, my favorite film director is François Truffaut. But I think you like movies more than me because I don't think I would watch Renoir's videos if I were American!
NGS:I don't really understand what you mean by "more interesting" but I don't think that old movies are more valuable than modern ones. I think that today, film directors have to live with their time to surprise us. When a director uses old recipes he can make a good movie but it will never be a work of art. He must create something. Renoir, Spielberg, Almodovar... encountered this problem. So for me, it is not a matter of time, every epoch has its own masterpieces.
No, I think it is more because of my english! By the way, I don't really understand the last question either, (the "since" before Renoir upsets me!) I'm so sorry. Sorry because I can't answer you and sorry because I should speak a better english ;)!
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NGS:For me, when he uses the word artificial, he only wants to say that it is too late to turn back the clock. Mathilde only used primitive techniques in trapestry making because she didn't have any other choice, so it wasn't artificial but necessary. Otherwise, when he talks about a very high-tech cinema where it seems like you are in a real forest, he wants to tell artists that if they use new techniques in order to imitate nature then it is no longer art except if they are genius.
It's interesting, but he confuses what HE finds beautiful with what is beautiful. He asks why primitive art is always beautiful. It isn't. But he finds it so because he admires primitive qualities in art. It's a cyclical effect.
