Artistic Merit
From Tractatus
Artistic Merit is that quality of a film (or any other piece of Art) which causes it to transcend the bounds of its own technical worthiness. A very bad film with artistic merit suddenly becomes watchable. A good one becomes timeless. A pornographic one suddenly appears in every Blockbuster nationwide.
Naturally, I refer to the appreciation of the camera lens (paint brush,theater...) for the human form. Is it not the case that we are willing to overlook some tiny flaw -- complete lack of discernable plot -- if presented with a healthy dose of Artistic Merit on the side?
So, for the record, I propose Iain's Top Five list of films with Artistic Merit:
Since all of these are worth watching even without the Artistic Merit I also provide the following list:
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In case you were interested in films which have dangerously misleading levels of Artistic Merit:
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