Taming the Garden–what does a filmmaker owe their audience?
Taming the Garden
Director/ Salomé Jashi
Watched on MUBI
Rating 2.5/5
What does a filmmaker owe their audience? Do they owe them the answers to the basic questions, the who-what-why-where-how? No, of course not. They don’t really “owe” their audience anything, but if a filmmaker makes a film they want seen, rather than a film that is a pure expression of personal art that does not seek viewers (but one that viewers may stumble upon in an art gallery), there needs to be some attempt at providing the basics of engagement, if for no other reason than to prevent the viewer from constantly checking their phone or a printed brochure during the film’s running time in order to read the director statement or the critical review that might provide clues to what is happening on screen.
Taming the Garden, the frustratingly vague and exceedingly over-praised offering from filmmaker Salomé Jashi, READ THE REST...