Comments on They Shoot Actors, Don't They?: Objectified

I agree with your review completely. Too much des...

2009-06-04T13:50:25.173-04:00

I agree with your review completely. Too much design-celebrity wankery and not enough history. Briefly, in one of the interviews they touch upon Henry Ford's invention of the assembly line, but that was about it as far as it goes in terms of industrial design history. I didn't want a super boring timeline of the subject, but some context was definitely missing. Where was the industrial revolution? Where was overseas manufacturing? Where was supply and demand theory?

Too much claptrap about Jonathon Ive and how he is basically the narcissistic design parallel of Paris Hilton, and not enough the designers' upbringing and backstory.

Huge disappointment for me after loving Helvetica so much.

I think Art and Copy is the superior compan...

2009-05-11T16:11:00.000-04:00

I think Art and Copy is the superior companion piece to Helvetica at Hot Docs this year.

Definitely agree with you. While I enjoyed it, it ...

2009-05-11T16:08:00.000-04:00

Definitely agree with you. While I enjoyed it, it had much less of the magic of discovery of Helvetica. I wanted to know more about the objects and less about the designers. Bit too much hero worship. But interesting enough. http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/blog/hot-docs-film-festival-part-iii/