film aphorisms

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These are truisms, also known as aphorisms, also just quotes, that I’ve collected with regards to film. My own comments afterwards.

What young directors don’t understand is that, yes, you can learn fimmaking at the click of a button, and you can order the equipment at the click of a button, but you can’t make a film at the click of a button. It takes dedication and work. - Wolfcrow

The little passage at the end of this video I think hits upon an important point: just because we reduce the friction around a subject, especially a creative task, doing the thing itself doesn’t become easier. That’s why Kirosawa and Godard are still shinning examples of art today. Their talent didn’t age.
I always thought “if our tech is so much better, why arent we so much better?”. This is why. Reducing the surrounding friction does not magically create art. See also unique perspective overconfidence