It didn't begin recently, Georges Méliès and his contemporaries definitely knew that at its core Film would always be Art over Business, but big time studio Writers and Directors are really trying their hardest to turn out films that make us CONTEMPLATE. Or maybe just convince us we're working out brain while staring at the screen?
Anyway, there are films that aren't exactly FUN to watch (such is the case with "Irreversible" by Gasper Noe, an incredibly difficult film to finish). Instead these films ask you to sit and EXPERIENCE a story, no matter how grisly, or honest, or tedious it may seem.
The most difficult part about these films is where their audience lies. It seems to be somewhere between High School Film Buff and Pretentious Film Critics. Although, I guess those two are basically becoming one and the same.
I genuinely enjoy these movies. The slow, simmering drama or the fast cut mind melts that David Fincher has been trying to push onto Mainstream Audiences for the past 2 decades. The thing is. Not many people DO enjoy these films. So what does that mean? Should Films stop trying to be art? Because I honestly don't see audiences getting smarter anytime soon.
On that cue: Go see The Cabin in the Woods. It's smarter than most audiences and deserves to be seen.
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