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Dale Houstman (dmh7@citilink.com) 2004/03/01 22:30



john adams wrote:
> "Dale Houstman" <dmh7@citilink.com> wrote in message
> news:40436E9A.6080503@citilink.com...
>
>>>I'm gambling that Elag meant in spite of instead of "in light of"
>>>up above.
>>
>>Possibly. But one point still remains: nobody was saying they wouldn't
>>see Cocteau's films because of his "lifestyle" only that it was
>>impossible to consider him a surrealist because of same. After all,
>>surrealism is more than the "product" and Cocteau's celebrity-baiting
>>and war activities preclude his consideration, even if he had wanted to
>>hang with such a bunch of poor people. The films can be viewed on their
>>own merits, but his surrealist "credentials" cannot.
>
>
> And I suppose that was the point: to view the films on their own merit.
> There are things "surrealist" that can be found anywhere, high and low. That
> he wasn't in the good graces of Surrealists - for good reasons - is
> established and understood.
>
>

Then what was the discussion about in the first place, since nobody ever
said the film shouldn't be viewed upon their own merit?



dmh


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