tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826806986841757361.post923009213472257980..comments2023-09-06T08:33:02.843-04:00Comments on Ottawa Beige: CanLit PrimerAdrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01669601915445747139noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826806986841757361.post-84804495090929260002007-11-07T15:12:00.000-05:002007-11-07T15:12:00.000-05:00Film is a whole separate kettle of fish. There ar...Film is a whole separate kettle of fish. There are many separate factors in an incredibly expensive project for a country so close to Hollywood so the results in film, and even television, are understandable.<BR/><BR/>CanLit just isn't taken seriously if it doesn't contain a minimum of 2 abusive traits, and if it's rural, even better.joncormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865627865285684437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826806986841757361.post-92119708373474823312007-11-07T09:32:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:32:00.000-05:00It's like "Canadian' film, Jon.Our directors TRY S...It's like "Canadian' film, Jon.<BR/>Our directors TRY SO HARD to make something that's not Hollywood, they end up creating these obscure, unbelievable stories which are - honestly put - hard to relate to and look like some art school wet dream on film. Except no one "gets it".<BR/>Atom Egoyan, to name one. His perspective is so individual, so unique and so weird that even a guy like me who doesn't like mainstream film will get tired of his work...plus, it's always heavy, slow-moving a depressing.Jan Triskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01884544535834414741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826806986841757361.post-44242420981087391602007-11-07T08:44:00.000-05:002007-11-07T08:44:00.000-05:00I don't think it sucks just because I don't partic...I don't think it sucks just because I don't particularly need to ever read another story based on the triumvirate of abuse. I'm just pointing out what I see.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people obvious like and celebrate this stuff. It's just too easy to make fun of after you've read as much of it as I have.joncormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865627865285684437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826806986841757361.post-53131518047756267132007-11-06T16:46:00.000-05:002007-11-06T16:46:00.000-05:00Yep, Can Lit sucks, big time.I admit I like Mordec...Yep, Can Lit sucks, big time.<BR/><BR/>I admit I like Mordechai Richler. He is funny, unrepentently into characters who drink and womanize, and has good things to say about old Montreal 9and bad things about separatists.<BR/><BR/>But most of the literature you point out is a waste of time. It's the 'victim club' approach to storytelling.<BR/><BR/>Why not a historical novel, an adventure story, a no-holds barred war novel or some crazy sexual, Henry Miller type book? We don't seem to promote authors like that in Canada, or we discourage it.Jan Triskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01884544535834414741noreply@blogger.com