The Importance of Intentionalism

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There are these mild, like these more moderate, moderate forms of intentionalism that I gravitate to. But it is hard to to flesh out some of these. It made me think of things like the room, right? Like the notoriously terrible movie, the room that has a cult following. Tommy Wiseau has tried to claim that all along he meant it is, as a form of parody. When that's a clear case where I'm like, "No, you can't"

What’s the meaning of a work of art? Does the text mean just what the author intends it to mean? Does it matter what Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark thinks about the end of 2001? Or is the artist’s interpretation just one interpretation among many once the text is out in the world? We explore the question of authorial intent, and brace yourselves - this is just about as postmodern as David gets.

Plus – do we have what it takes to get an invite to the thought criminals club?

Links

The Party is Canceled [newyorker.com]

Was I Wrong About The Irishman? by Thomas Flight [youtube.com]

Authorial Intent [wikipedia.org]