I was interviewed recently by Prodos Marinakis, Secretary of the Australian Council of Film Societies, on the theme “Two Views on Cinema & Capitalism.”
From the interview’s description: “The highly articulate pioneers and founders of the Film Society Movement of Australia, like Ken Coldicutt of Melbourne and Beatrice Tildesley of Sydney, were critical of Capitalism and its effects on cinema and the Arts. Prodos pitches their arguments to Dr Stephen Hicks, a documentary filmmaker, Professor of Philosophy at Rockford College, USA, and the author of Explaining PostModernism.”
Coldicutt was an Australian Communist. Tildesley advocated using both encouragement and censorship to create a morally and aesthetically high film culture. Prodos put their arguments to me for response.
The interview came about in connection with my current video documentary project When Art Flourishes. Shooting begins this winter.
Related posts:
Talk at Liberty Fund on art and free markets.
Artists, Capitalists, and the Fate of Art under Capitalism.