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Hello!
Welcome to Moviepoetics.com, a site where I hope t0 discuss filmmaking especially from the point of view of storytelling and narrative structure. I would like to state up front that while guests can post whatever opinions they like, I am not in the business of offering my "opinions" of films. Whether I like a film or not is irrelevant and being a filmmaker I would prefer not to come down negatively (or positively for that matter) on known works for fear of reprisal. Rather I intend to look at the narrative mechanisms behind various films and try and ascertain two things: 1. Why the filmmakers structured their story the way they did, and 2. What effect did it have on the audience. 

Thanks, 

Michael Tierno

Favorite Films

  • Annie Hall
  • Ikiru
  • Solaris
  • Stranger Than Paradise
  • Titanic
  • Tokyo Story

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Hello

Hello Moviepoetics.com visitors. I've just started using blogger.com and have to say I like it. More to follow. 

-MT
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6 comments:

Michael Tierno said...

Glad to see you have your site up and running.
_MT

January 5, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Skip W. said...

Congratulations on the new site and blog!

I'm new to the concept of Poetics to the art of movie storytelling. Would you be willing to provide an example from a recent movie favorite of mine?
I have tried to apply the principles of poetics to "The Royal Tenenbaums." Are you familiar with the work? If so, can you comment on how Poetics might be applied, so that I can understand the concept more completely?
Thanks!

January 6, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Michael Tierno said...

Hello Skip W. It's been a while since I've seen "Tennebaums" but I'll see if I can dig it up and offer some comments. Thanks for the inquiry.

-MT

January 9, 2008 at 5:25 AM
Skip W. said...

Thanks, but no need to go out of your way to find Tenenbaums. Perhaps you can give me an overview of something else that you have seen recently, which I can rent from Netflix?
I don't want to make this work for you. As a movie fan, it's all fun to me. You work in the industry, so I can appreciate that you may not have the time or inclination to watch a movie in the same leisurely way that I do.
Thanks for the reply!

January 12, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Tracy Evans said...
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February 2, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Tracy Evans said...

Michael, Congrats on the blog. I look forward to reading it.

I just did a review of your book, Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters, on my podcast - Filmmaker One.

Check it out at http://filmmakerone.com

February 2, 2008 at 5:43 PM

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