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May 28, 2005
Bomb the esthetics: style over substance
26 year-old Adam Bhala Lough, director of Gotham-set graffiti opera Bomb the System talks to Gothamist about style 'n' substance: "A lot of people are put off with someone who tries to experiment, or they immediately think “style over substance.” But you know what? My taste falls in line with style over substance. I’m more interested in movies like David Lynch’s Lost Highway or Wong Kar Wai’s Fallen Angels—movies that are visually striking." Your biggest film influences? Darren Aronofsky, Wong Kar Wai, David Lynch, and Jim Jarmusch."
Posted by at May 28, 2005 04:57 PM
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I hope this guy realizes that all of these filmmakers use style in concert with substance to achieve their ends...as far as I'm concerned style over substance means bad filmmaking like Michael Bay, Dominic Sena, Tony Scott... Huh, all of the movies I'm thinking of are Bruckheimer productions.
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at May 30, 2005 02:39 AM
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