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Originally Posted by deflinus
that can be said of any media, really. you're just using people to put together an original idea. it's just like using paint, tools, paint brushes, paper, a typewriter.. etc. it's just the 'tools' you're using are people. capable of developing or feeling all range of emotions which can most likely ruin the idea of the movie.
i'm not defending the slew of shitty movies that have graced us with their presence over the years but like all things, movie making can be corrupted. but i wouldn't say film isn't an art form. that's a bit extreme.
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people are the least of the tools used in movies. movies are constructed like engineering projects, for efficiency of storytelling. a great film can be a work of art, like a great piece of pottery, but most films are craft, utilitarian craft, like most pottery. pretty, enjoyable but not art.
just a personal view. being a director in a movie is more like being a CEO of a business than it is about creativity. That is why the truly creative directors are not used much in "hollywood" for they seek to express something instead of making an efficient money making movie.
I feel the performances in film are art. the films themselves? not so much.