Interview with Todd Downing
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	Q: What films/videos and makers have inspired you or influenced your work? And why? A: There's a huge range of films and filmmakers that have inspired me, from Hollywood blockbusters to classic underground experimental filmmakers. I don't value one over the other[s]; they all have to succumb to marketing and genre, and I find it stimulating when people address and subvert that trap. Often, people think that work by "art filmmakers" or "video artists" should be more valued, but it seems so many of them have no knowledge of film history and just regurgitate what they learned in some expensive liberal arts college in the Northeast (and I'm adept at ... page 7
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