Jim Jarmusch's quote reminded me of the Remix Everything videos that was shown in class. Recently, I've been reading Michel Ciment's book 'Kubrick' and it suggests that if one seeks to evolve in originality, one must refer to the past, this is where Ciment discusses the concern of originality in film. To be original, he states, one must reference tradition. He proposes:
"To affirm one's difference it is important to preserve a historical conscience, a sense of being linked with the past. Other artists -- painters, writers, composers -- discovered this a long time ago. Like those civilizations which know they are mortal, as Valery said, they see themselves as links in the chain of time. And this recognition of time and the evolution of forms is undoubtedly one of the characteristics of modern art. Film-makers took a long time to reach such a stage of awareness. When they finally realised that the cinema had a history, they lost their innocence. Godard was perhaps the most remarkable example of this transformation..."
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