tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717286820123477526.post2806771315164846956..comments2024-02-26T06:07:59.838-07:00Comments on MAKING LIGHT OF IT: Making It EssentialJacob Waltmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11233723738420950660noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717286820123477526.post-2506030367251327192010-05-07T23:11:57.465-06:002010-05-07T23:11:57.465-06:00Thanks for contributing to "the conversation....Thanks for contributing to "the conversation." I decided against writing about the controversy surrounding the Essential Cinema list for my post and just stuck to the history. So, I'm very happy that someone -- you! -- picked up the slack!<br /><br />And MacDonald is 100% correct. There's something very ominous about that photograph.<br /><br />I've also written elsewhere on Bad Lit asking about what the hell happened to the underground in the '70s after the boom of the '60s. And it feels a lot like the "fun" of the avant-garde and the experimental just got drained out of the scene.<br /><br />While the Essential list was a great service to preserving avant-garde history, perhaps something about it killed the avant-garde at the same time, that really didn't rejuvenate until No Wave and the Cinema of Transgression came on the scene.<br /><br />Stuff to think about...Mike Everlethhttp://www.badlit.com/noreply@blogger.com