DEAR FILMMAKERS

From the NYT:
...the greatest problem facing American cinema isn't that its movies are in thrall to violence or in the grip of the accountants. The problem is that not enough American filmmaiers have anything they need to say...Few are engaged in larger conversations abou t the movies and the world: most don't even seem aware that such conversations exist, which may explain why their films lack urgency. Unlike the directors of "The passion of the Christ" and "Fahrenheit 9/11" and those who make their mark at Cannes these filmmakers aren't on a mission.