I’m not sure this is an important distinction to make, is it? Isn’t “talking about it” the act of love a filmmaker is most interested in receiving from their audience? Even if it’s a “love to hate”.
Phil - no, I wouldn’t say so. People will talk about a film for loads of reasons - for example, our Fair Trade film got talked about a lot because the idea of a Machinima Fair Trade ad was interesting. Most of the people who talked about it might not have been deeply in love with the film, but found the idea interesting to discuss.
Lots of people talked about jack the ripper.
I’m not sure this is an important distinction to make, is it? Isn’t “talking about it” the act of love a filmmaker is most interested in receiving from their audience? Even if it’s a “love to hate”.
Kate: Touché!
Phil - no, I wouldn’t say so. People will talk about a film for loads of reasons - for example, our Fair Trade film got talked about a lot because the idea of a Machinima Fair Trade ad was interesting. Most of the people who talked about it might not have been deeply in love with the film, but found the idea interesting to discuss.
Kate - Yep. This one’s a double-edged sword.