Should the personal life of a director have any impact on how you feel about their work?
Should the personal life of a director have any impact on how you feel about their work?
David Morris
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Henry Reyes
If you want it to sure. If you don't that's fine too.
Liam Turner
It shouldn't, but it does.
Anthony Gray
No
how? Polanski is a despicable human bean but Ghost Writer and China Town are two of my favorite movies of all time
Ian Reyes
Mel literally did nothing wrong.
Colton Clark
Only soyfags have anything againts based Mel
Aaron Mitchell
If it cuts them a residual check, then yes. Bryan Singer for example ran a child sex ring and repeatedly got accused of molesting boys and several of his friends accomplices were either convicted of child rape or accused.
Josiah Jenkins
Yes, which is why I love Gibson's work
Michael Smith
>one guy calls jews out for the degenerate christ killers they are
>the other two are degenerate christ killers who molest children
really makes me think
Jonathan Torres
not necessarily, but it can provide context into the artist's intent. Understanding the artist informs the art, and can add another layer to the work that wasn't there before.
So if you like a piece of work and want to understand it better, you can always learn more about the director and watch their other works. In terms of having a moral obligation to boycott art from shitty people, I'm not so sure about that. Films in particular are collaborations, dozens or hundreds of people make any single film and the actions of one person shouldn't exclude you from enjoying the film they worked on.
That said its weird watching Woody Allen films when you know his life. Before you think there's all of this nuance to his stuff, but after you sit there and think to yourself "holy shit does he want to fuck some teenagers"