Comments on: Interview: Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2010/02/08/interview-andrew-james-joshua-ligairi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-andrew-james-joshua-ligairi Covering film in Toronto Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joshua Ligairi http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2010/02/08/interview-andrew-james-joshua-ligairi/comment-page-1/#comment-9214 Joshua Ligairi Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:56:53 +0000 http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/?p=2669#comment-9214 Did I really say that the Mormon church's movies are "about Jesus and stuff like that"? Cringe. On the topic of mashups, the one distinction I see, and it is an important distinction, is censorship. Otherwise, I have no problem with the end user remixing and remashing in any way they see fit. But the censorship aspect is a little troubling. This really is a great conversation. As I told you before, this is my favorite interview that we've done. I really appreciate how engaged you were with the issues in our film. All the best! Did I really say that the Mormon church’s movies are “about Jesus and stuff like that”? Cringe.

On the topic of mashups, the one distinction I see, and it is an important distinction, is censorship. Otherwise, I have no problem with the end user remixing and remashing in any way they see fit. But the censorship aspect is a little troubling.

This really is a great conversation. As I told you before, this is my favorite interview that we’ve done. I really appreciate how engaged you were with the issues in our film. All the best!

]]> By: Rachel http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/2010/02/08/interview-andrew-james-joshua-ligairi/comment-page-1/#comment-9213 Rachel Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:45:21 +0000 http://www.torontoscreenshots.com/?p=2669#comment-9213 This a really interesting conversation--thanks for posting. I'm especially intrigued by your discussion about mashups. I think there are interesting overlaps between that concept and the idea of edited movies. I can see many theoretical parallels between the two, but I think they aren't often discussed in the same way because people seem to view the motives behind a company like Cleanflix as more sinister. Or at least less cool. Mashups = hip. Cleanflix = square. On the other hand, perhaps medium matters as much as message: if Cleanflix was doing something similar with Literature (capital L) as opposed to movies, that would change the discussion too--and perhaps rightly so. This a really interesting conversation–thanks for posting. I’m especially intrigued by your discussion about mashups. I think there are interesting overlaps between that concept and the idea of edited movies. I can see many theoretical parallels between the two, but I think they aren’t often discussed in the same way because people seem to view the motives behind a company like Cleanflix as more sinister. Or at least less cool. Mashups = hip. Cleanflix = square. On the other hand, perhaps medium matters as much as message: if Cleanflix was doing something similar with Literature (capital L) as opposed to movies, that would change the discussion too–and perhaps rightly so.

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