Favorite Documentaries?

[Luke]

Camera angles. They be making arguments.

[dsheinem]

Camera angles. They be making arguments.

Scoff if you want, but if you don't think that much of a film's power to construct meaning lie in its approaches to form (including, yes, camera angles)...well then I guess I'm not sure what you're doing anywhere near an art museum gig.

[Luke]

If you don't know the difference between making a statement and making an argument...well then I guess I'm not sure what you're doing anywhere near a teaching gig.

[dsheinem]

If you don't know the difference between making a statement and making an argument...well then I guess I'm not sure what you're doing anywhere near a teaching gig.

A statement is an argument.

[Luke]

If you don't know the difference between making a statement and making an argument...well then I guess I'm not sure what you're doing anywhere near a teaching gig.

A statement is an argument.

No it's not.

You have to have opposing views to have an argument.

"I like blue" is not an argument.

What planet are you on right now?

[catnip]

"I like blue" is not an argument.

NO YOU DON'T

[dsheinem]

If you don't know the difference between making a statement and making an argument...well then I guess I'm not sure what you're doing anywhere near a teaching gig.

A statement is an argument.

No it's not.

You have to have opposing views to have an argument.

"I like blue" is not an argument.

What planet are you on right now?

All of those statements are arguments. An argument isn't just disagreement or "opposing views".

"I like blue" is an argument about your feelings towards that color. Specifically, it's a claim with implied but unspoken support (e.g. "because it reminds me of the sky" or "because it makes me feel calm" or "because it looks good against my complexion" etc.).

Also:

[Luke]

"I like blue" is not an argument.

NO YOU DON'T

See professor? Now we have two opposing views. That is an argument.

"I like blue" by itself is a statement. "I like blue", "No you don't!" creates an argument.

Now excuse me as I need to take a picture of a tree that is slightly skewed to tell the tree it's terrible.

[Luke]

An argument isn't just disagreement or "opposing views".

ar·gu·ment
ˈärgyəmənt/
noun
noun: argument; plural noun: arguments

1.
an exchange of diverging or opposite views,

[fastbilly1]

I like Michael Moore. You either hate him or love him.

His best film is Canadian Bacon.