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Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films by crazygringo on Saturday January 31, 2026 @03:46PM (#46840659)
Sure, technically speaking.

And if I had great interest in the minutiae of set design, or if I were a score composer interested in the exact musical instrumentation, or a director studying suspenseful timing, then sure I'd be interested.

But I'm not any of those things. I prefer to spend my time on things I'm actually interested in, rather than on things I'm not. If I can fast-forward the "not" part, it makes life better.

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Re:The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films by pier25 on Sunday February 01, 2026 @01:02AM (#46844012)
Well yeah but "there's nothing that interests me" vs "there's nothing to pay attention to" are very different statements.

Also you don't really need to be a composer to be able to enjoy film music during a film.

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