Max was talking with Laurent Cantet over the weekend about storytelling. Personally, I did not know Max spoke French let alone with an Algerian accent. Anyway, I think their conversation came down to one question: is it better to state your ideas explicitly or implicitly on film?
Max, the always pragmatic business man, argued the explicit route gives people a sense of closure when the walk out of the theater; audiences want low hanging fruit. Lauraent, on the other hand, thought such easily gained understanding can be quickly dismissed as common sense. Absent are the meaningful post popcorn discussions and debates.
Sadly, Anna's pager went off around 6:45 and I fell victim to the '92 Silver Oak Laurent brought over long before the conversation ended.
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