John August talks about The Matrix trilogy in a very funny, and a little angry post. He also gives a phrase to something that I see all the time in scripts. It's the title of this post.
We've all seen things that played obscurity for depth. Sometimes it bothers you because your head hurts and you really think you've missed something, and sometimes it really is a cop out.
I think Syriana had a bit of playing obscurity for depth. I liked it, but I'm not sure at what some of the players were trying to accomplish with their final actions.
The problem, though, is that Canadian film and TV is chock full of stories that play obscurity for depth. It is a massive cop out, I've been guilty of it myself from time to time, and it really needs to stop if we're going to hold and build an audience.
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