The thing about art movies included is that it can’t exist outside the context of culture. And the thing about culture especially contemporary, digital, highly interconnected culture is that it makes it abundantly easy to share one’s opinion on, for instance, a film. As such, throughout cinema’s history, there have been many movies that have built up a negative reputation. Whether that reputation comes from being transgressive, disappointing, or just downright bad, a film with bad word-of-mouth can see its reception negatively affected for good.
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