In the case where there's a misquote or an incorrect statement presented as
fact (though it doesn't seem to be this case), then it definitely is the
obligation of the editor to publish a correction.
With the latter case, my favorite misrepresentations of my films have been:
1) A complaint that the reviewer's tape was defective because "the colors
kept changing." (For those that don't know, most silent films were
beautifully tinted and/or toned with various colors to suggest time of day,
mood or location.)
2) That one of my films was presented "without vocals" and "only" had
intertitles. Though indeed factual, it's a very weird way of describing a
film that was made in 1926.
I can complain about the reviewer's lack of historical knowledge to the
editor, but I didn't want to argue the point that they didn't especially like
the film.
(AND if one more person calls a silent film "primitive"....)
Dennis Doros
Milestone Film & Video
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