Will we ever get the Armenian Genocide film we deserve?

[Sako]

Re: Will we ever get the Armenian Genocide film we deserve?

Saco, I agree that we don't have enough experience. However, you'd be surprised at how many Armenian filmmakers are graduating film school, getting their films recognized, etc.

No, no I get that but like you said ...

The day will come but what I fear is we'll have a bunch of average films, which will eventually degrade the entire meaning of a Genocide film.

We need international support. And by the way, a little mistake, Taxi, Eli Lava will be screening in theaters on the 5th of March. Can't wait to see what the plot is.

Aside from this, the soap opera/serial you mentioned is terrible and I hate it with passion.

I wouldn't say I hate them but the reason I like them is because they really got style. They look like movies, the direction isn't too shabby, and some of my fav. actors are in them.

Sorry. I wish I could find a copy of The Lark Farm, I've been meaning to see it for years.

I actually saw it on TV, lol. I didn't buy the DVD or anything. It isn't in Armenian or English. I watched the Armenian translated version.

Ararat was a lumbering, clucking, turkey of a movie, only redeemed by Egoyan's wonderful way of dismissing its abject failure by saying its bad bits were bad because he had made them intentionally bad. And he got the diaspora, with its "when are you going to make an AG movie" demands, off his back for good.

I agree. Let's remember that it was his career on the line so naturally, he wouldn't try doing something serious. He was pretty much the first person to make an AG movie in Hollywood and I can imagine what he went through. So bottom line is, I appreciate what he did, what he tried to do, rather then what he produced in the end. He paved the road for new directors and writers to make movies related to the AG as well. So like I said, Ararat was an intro.

What are you're views on what I said regarding scripts One-Way?

[One-Way]

Re: Will we ever get the Armenian Genocide film we deserve?

In short, I agree. Nobody wants to sit through a three-hour gruesome portrayal of the Genocide. In the audience's opinion, they've already seen that; World War I. We need a solid story; however, it can originate from a novel or story. I don't agree with finding mistakes in films that stem from novels. You don't have much control in an original screenplay because it must be a fabricated tale or a personal encounter's story. A novel usually has a story built around an actual fact, which is what you're looking for anywhere. I'm not saying it can't be done; Dustin Lance Black just got an Oscar tonight for doing that with Milk.

By the way, I found a copy of The Lark Farm online so I'll be checking it out soon.

[Sako]

Re: Will we ever get the Armenian Genocide film we deserve?

In short, I agree. Nobody wants to sit through a three-hour gruesome portrayal of the Genocide. In the audience's opinion, they've already seen that; World War I.

Your forgetting WWII and all the other war movies, lol. But I think that even those movies can be made again and still be very exciting. There is a special script I have called May 9th and it's based on the last day of WWII. What makes it so different is that there are facts in it that most haven't even heard about. Most importantly it focuses on a side of WWII that was never talked about in any war movie. Anything can be done tastefully, all you need is a good imagination and a good pen.

We need a solid story; however, it can originate from a novel or story. I don't agree with finding mistakes in films that stem from novels. You don't have much control in an original screenplay because it must be a fabricated tale or a personal encounter's story.

I agree but people don't look at it that way. For example, look at the avid readers out there. So many of them watch movies based on the books they've read and come out disdained. Why? Because so many parts of the story were cut out. So like I said, many people who don't think like you search for mistakes and sometimes disregard whether the movie was nicely directed, produced, etc. Like I said though, anything can be done tastefully so there aren't really any boundaries.

A novel usually has a story built around an actual fact, which is what you're looking for anywhere. I'm not saying it can't be done; Dustin Lance Black just got an Oscar tonight for doing that with Milk.

You have a point. My only issue is that movies kinda break down a long story/novel/book which many people don't like. So my idea of a good movie would be creating something new and throwing in tons of facts instead of basing the entire movie on the facts themselves. Everything should be revolving around something solid not the Genocide itself (which is pretty broad) because there is a risk that the movie might become a documental and there are tons of those.