Talk:Postmodernist film

message: There's a confusion here of postmodernism with the devices of metafiction or mise en abyme or self-consciousness. The latter are just one example of postmodernism in the arts. Postmodernism has to be in some form historicized - it belongs to a period, that which is after modernism - whereas metafiction etc is an eternal feature of narrative.
And British people spell colour with a u but we don't use "whilst". Not since Woodrow Wilson's day. 217.154.102.195 (talk) 14:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: there is a wikipedia article actually devoted to the concept of the suspension of disbelief. a link to the phrase would be, i agree, very helpful for those who might not know what it means.
From the page: "Whilst academia has concentrated on art-house works, all the definitions of "Postmodernist Film" equally apply to many Hollywood musicals".
First off, who had the nerve to use "whilst"? Second off, this ridiculous claim has *no sources*. A general problem for the page. Thomas1617 (talk) 22:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeaaaah, this ain't straight.  There isn't a clear definition for "Postmodernist".  The three examples have very little in common. BradVesp (talk) 20:57, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

text: Too, the technology that allows for cinematography has only been around for 150 years.  It seems to be a fairly modern art form (considering civilization and art's been around for thousands of years).  I think the whole medium needs more history for there to be a postmodernism.  Not that one can't apply the academic thought given to literature and painting to cinema.  The topic should really be postmodernism in storytelling or postmodernism in visual arts rather then in film.  Story telling and visual art have been round for millennia, film has been around for decades. BradVesp (talk) 14:47, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Metafiction or postmodernism

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thread_title: Impact of recent student edits

message: Some say that Shrek Postmodernism, The Big Green Orge — The Curator and Enchanted Critic's Picks: Amy Adams' Top 5 Performances|Hollywood Reporter are postmodern. Legit? Espngeek (talk) 10:55, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: By the loose definition in this article, yeah.  You could put every Disney movie, every Godzilla movie and every superhero movie because you have to suspend disbelief to watch those. BradVesp (talk) 14:42, 31 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title: Examples