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Discussion of discourses surrounding quality television and genre reminded me of this interview in which Lynch talks about the difficulties which mounted around Mulholland Drive's initial production as a pilot. To what degree are current articulations of the relationship, TV-Genre-Quality, driven by a fundamental ambivalence about the relationship between the contemporary production cultures of TV vs. cinema?
Thank you for sharing this, Skyler, and your question is definitely important! David Lynch’s interview shows that there is certain fluidity in how a director conceive his or her own work in film and television. Arguably, the two mediums also share many commonalities in terms of narratives and formal elements. However, I wouldn’t say that the blurring boundary represents “a fundamental ambivalence” between the production culture of TV versus cinema. Rather, there are some “fundamental differences” in the industrial practices and audience expectations between the two mediums. This also explains why something rejected by TV industry could make one of the most brilliant films in the world. I would agree that much of the discussion this week is prompted by some shared ground between film and television, but beyond this starting point are the authors’ efforts to demonstrate how some common elements in TV can be fundamentally different from that in films.
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