>>11168626Kinophiles are like wrestling marks.
They'll sit down with a projector and a 35mm reel of some obscure Japanese shit nobody cares to see, and analyse every moment frame by frame to observe the artform and enjoy the presentation.
The comparison between Meltzer and Ebert (Siskel too) is very apt, because while the masses didn't give a shit exactly what Ebert felt of the movies (like Meltzer of wrestling), the film students swore by his judgement and changed the way they made movies to try and appeal to Siskel and Ebert, knowing that a good review from them can help in future employment opportunities.
Just like the fucking wrestlers devote their whole match, their whole career, to pandering to Meltzer so they can get 5 star reviews and use that as leverage in bookings.
