MZS | Roger Ebert: From the Tempest in a Teapot department: actor Jesse Eisenberg surprised and infuriated a lot of my colleagues with his New Yorker "Shouts and Murmurs" piece this week, "An Honest Film Review."
It's written in the voice of a film critic reviewing a nonexistent "Stephen Kern" movie titled "Paintings of Cole." As the piece goes along, we learn that the critic is not as detached as we might like.
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I haven’t read Eisenberg’s piece but from what I gather in this article I agree that the joke he used is simplistic and over-used. Everyone’s work gets influenced by their personal life and experiences, even Anton Ego. Who can forget the scene where he eats the ratatouille and gets transported back to childhood and the dish that sparked his passion for food? Of course when a critic is influenced positively we say nothing of it, it’s only unprofessional when they are influenced negatively. I have to say that I admire this author greatly for being able to not only admit that at times his work has been warped by his personal life, but pinpoint specific instances. I think in the end it is impossible to completely separate yourself from your work, no matter what you do. As much as we try and compartmentalize our lives in truth, everything flows together and every single moment of our lives touches every other moment, if only in the smallest way.
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