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March 21, 2008
The cricket's voice: John Anderson
At Washington Post, John Anderson goes a few online rounds with readers: "Atlanta, Ga.: As crtic, are you bothered when parties refuse to screen their films? Why? Why not?" "John Anderson: well, for one thing, it forces you to go out on a friday morning, see what you already expect to be a bad film and write the review in 15 minutes because the deadline has become more onerous than usual. Worse, you can't quite trust your own judgment, because 
there's a certain resentment factor in having your time controlled by people you wouldn't have in your living room. Additionally, the movies are, almost invariably, horrible, because if they were any good they would have been screened. Sometimes, though, the movies are perfectly decent and some marketing twerp has decided they're better off getting through a weeekend (or an opening day)without any review at all." [All spelling sic.]
Posted by Ray Pride at March 21, 2008 02:36 PM
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