--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew Clayfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Birth of a Nation has had different running times depending on what > > the various distibutors over time thought worked best. > > Oh, so cinema became, as you say, "a vibrant media" once the > *distributors* "found and clearly displayed the 60-120 minute, three > act model in 'Birth of a Nation'," *not* Griffith, the artist, who you > originally cited, and whose cut was 187 minutes long. > > Okay, cool. I see where you're coming from now. I was obviously > unaware that the distributors were the ones who were determining what > forms define cinema. And here I was thinking that artists develop art > forms! >
Just a statement of fact, not value. -- Enric ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
