Items of cultural consumption are measured by both artistic and entertainment value. Plot drives an item's entertainment value, while style drives an item's artistic value.
I still dream of the wide acceptance of plot-less material. Not always does the product work but the necessity of a story over a depiction lacks justification. The movie Chef is plotless. Many others I recall being nearly plotless, with the rug being pulled out late to ensure a valid attempt was made.
Upon review of records, a list of objects plausibly plotless, with mention of necessary deviation:
Grown Ups 2 This is 40 - on paper a concrete plot does exist, but there are bits scattered through that exist independently for pleasure In the City of Sylvia - watching someone watch a movie Bubble - of course this lacks follow through, but the moments before the events that justify its existence to producers remain simply as depiction of modern life in America Zorns Lemma - I suppose this inclusion is expected, but I want to mention that it has its gay little plot. Any movie that forces viewers into its stupid little game and lacks alternate approach points has a plot--that's the rule. A plot is for autists who like to put together puzzles for self-satisfaction Celine and Julie Go Boating La Ciénaga Simone Barbès or Virtue Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory A Day in the Country The Image Book La Flor
I still dream of the wide acceptance of plot-less material. Not always does the product work but the necessity of a story over a depiction lacks justification. The movie Chef is plotless. Many others I recall being nearly plotless, with the rug being pulled out late to ensure a valid attempt was made.
ReplyDeleteUpon review of records, a list of objects plausibly plotless, with mention of necessary deviation:
Grown Ups 2
This is 40 - on paper a concrete plot does exist, but there are bits scattered through that exist independently for pleasure
In the City of Sylvia - watching someone watch a movie
Bubble - of course this lacks follow through, but the moments before the events that justify its existence to producers remain simply as depiction of modern life in America
Zorns Lemma - I suppose this inclusion is expected, but I want to mention that it has its gay little plot. Any movie that forces viewers into its stupid little game and lacks alternate approach points has a plot--that's the rule. A plot is for autists who like to put together puzzles for self-satisfaction
Celine and Julie Go Boating
La Ciénaga
Simone Barbès or Virtue
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
A Day in the Country
The Image Book
La Flor