-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com> From: MileFilms@aol.com > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:03:34 -0700 (PDT) > To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Underscoring the importance of objective review sources > > I've certainly been in Chip's place and can sympathize. Basically I agree > with him AND Gary. I think the editor does have the choice to print the > author or distributor's protest -- and should if the letter raises valid > points or provokes an interesting discussion. The New York Times Sunday Book > Review does it all the time with some fascinating results. > > 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 > PO Box 128 > Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: (201) 767-3117 or in the US (800) 603-1104 > Fax: (201) 767-3035 > Email: MileFilms@aol.com > Website: www.milestonefilms.com