Most 1950s intellectuals would have been horrified by the notion of taking Edgar G. At heart, what seems worthwhile to me about vulgar auteurism is its championing of the best DTV genre films. As the concept of vulgar auteurism has become a hot topic among the cinephile blogopshere recently, something's gotten lost in all the debate about whether Michael Bay and Tony Scott should be taken seriously. Over the past few years, a handful of critics, like ex-con Steven-Seagal-expert Vern and contributor Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, have championed their work. Yet there's a certain freedom in making genre films without the budget to use extravagant CGI effects, and Hyams and Florentine have put it to good use.
Director John Hyams was dropped by his agent after making the DTV "Universal Soldier: Regeneration." Fellow director Isaac Florentine has said "I discovered that being a straight to DVD director is…worse than saying you have malaria." To some extent, one can understand why DTV films have such a bad reputation: just watch the SyFy channel on Saturday night, or Cinemax at 2 am any night. The biggest taboo in American cinema may be the direct-to-video (DTV) market.
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