Q&A: What is Mr. McKee’s perspective on European filmmaking and why the American audience is not as receptive to European films?

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What is Mr. McKee’s perspective on European filmmaking and why the American audience is not as receptive to European films?

Jul 19, 2011

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Tgetty1 wrote

at Jul 21, 2011 - 1:04 AM

Heyyy alright, Mr. Mckee! That's the best stuff in your book- when you take a stereotypical notion and trample it. Good stuff!

deborahb wrote

at Jul 20, 2011 - 9:58 AM

"A curse on both your houses", ha!

henrymann wrote

at Jul 19, 2011 - 3:23 PM

INT. RICK’S CAFE -- NIGHT
……
Rick looks at her closely.

RICK
How long have you been married?

ANNINA
Eight weeks. We come from Bulgaria.
Oh, things are very bad there, Monsieur.
A devil has the people by the throat. So,
Jan and I, we, we do not want our children
to grow up in such a country.

RICK
(wearily)
So you decided to got to America.

Bass wrote

at Jul 19, 2011 - 8:42 AM

I think the reason some people may think you're "anti-European" is because it is assumed that intelligent, critics of art would obviously hate Hollywood because it's just "inherently terrible" or whatever. And so any criticism of Hollywood is almost invisible because it's so expected. Then, when you criticize European cinema, the ears crick up and they think you're "anti-European" because you're in the clique of 'movie intelligentsia' but not supporting the movies the 'intelligentsia' supports.

I found it quite refreshing when I read the book and all those 'art' films I had to study in university were being attacked by someone who knew what they were talking about. Same with J'ACCUSE CITIZEN KANE. Seemed very even-handed, and cutting through the bullshit of the politics.