The Value of the Remix

Yesterday, I watched the movie ‘Kill Bill’ made by Quentin Tarantino again, I like his movies because he knows well what the audience want in the movie and how to make movies interesting. One of features of his movies is that attractive, tough females are on the center of the story.

Another feature is to remix from the movies already existing. These days, studying about the book ‘Free Culture,’ we are thinking about the mean of remixing. So, his movies give us great opportunity to think about the worth of the remixing.

A remix is an alternative version of things such as songs and movies, different from the original version. Some can move us more deeply than the original version, but others can be worthless compared with the original version.

The movies made by Quentin Tarantino don’t simply imitate B-movies, but he goes further and makes attractive, new films by changing the stories of B-movies and creating a series of images that express his style.

Also, other artists such as a painter, a cartoonist and a composer make their works in this way. The good works affected by the stuffs that already existing make a different impression on us. And these give us enjoyment and at once inspire other artists.

Therefore, if the legal system tries to control strictly these things under the name of plagiarism, artists will have trouble to make new works. That is, whenever they make new works, they have to consider whether it is related to a legal problem or not, which can be an obstacle of making good stuffs. It means if the legal system tries to control strictly these things, it will be hard for people to meet the good works.         

Comments are closed.