Does author intent matter?

Does author intent matter?

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The only thing that matters is creating an enjoyable work and Anno is incapable of doing such a thing. He is a hack.

Only if you want it to

>anime is too sad for me
These summerfags...COVIDfags...Which one is right?

The Catholic church says it does, but I don't go by what they say. I think having your own interpretation is better.

A work of art is always a communication between the artist and observer.
However, authorial intend does not mean that other interpretations of their work are invalid. So it matters but isn't an interpretational dogma.

>anime is too sad for me
Who are you quoting?

Anno should honestly stick to live action cinema. Shin Gojira was great; better than his works in anime.

>second post is quoting OP

it matters for the kinds of "gotcha you moron!" types of arguing this board is so fond of.

No. Now fuck off to Twitter you fucking tourist scum.

Nope

it can to a certain extent or if you want to take it literally, no if you apply your own meaning

For your personal interpretation, no. When you are trying to convince someone that your personal interpretation is the only correct one, then yes.

It matters, and supersedes other interpretations from people who are wrong.
The intent shows how there was an objective and actual thought put into what the author was trying to achieve. If the themes are what the author intended to make them out to be, then it means there was actual care in the delivery.
If an idiotic author comes out and says
>hey I don't know, you tell me what you see because I sure as hell couldn't give a fuck
Then it means that whatever that author tried to sell to the audience, was nothing more than a cash grab. A work made purely for money, bereft of artistic integrity.

The otakus who saw in Eva something more than there was meant to be, are just wrong. They followed a pattern they thought made sense, only to find out that they were misconstruing the author's intent. There was nothing more profound to be found, it was just people trying to dig for gold, only to find copper.

>people just don’t understand me, maaaaaan

Basically What does Anno have to do with authorial intent though? Beyond any other author, I mean.

I'm not looking for "artistic integrity" in a work, though. I like boobs and colorful explosions.

Why do you post this image of Anno every single day?

copper is more valuable than gold

>If an idiotic author comes out and says
>>hey I don't know, you tell me what you see because I sure as hell couldn't give a fuck
I agree that this is a cop-out, but I think you've got it backwards. It's a bad sign because it suggests that the author was not invested in the material, and as such there might not be much for the audience to find in it either. That's not the same as authorial intent superseding other interpretations, though. Audience evaluation is ultimately independent. Nobody judges Bob Dylan's records on the basis of his often mischievous and coy interviews. The same is true for "integrity."

deepest lore

Tried to make eva a social statement but nobody sane cares since they'd rather just have more mech fighting in evas setting

it doesn't matter at all, what matters is what you interperet from the work. otherwise i might as well just read a fucking manuscript of what he wanted to say

Yeah
Damn right. His other live actions films are also pretty good.

Most people consuming something will have no idea what the intent was unless the author state it plainly in the work itself.
So the work, for most people, needs too stand on its own and that is how it should be evaluated.

Anno's intent was to turn your life to dogshit.

Most of what he has made is enjoyable. Are you telling me you didn't even enjoy Nadia?

"Death of the author" is for delusional retards.

>not liking Gunbuster
>tokusatsu with CG instead of suits
What's the point?

Authorial intent only matters if you personally think it adds to the experience. It does not have any inherent value of its own in the interpretation and appreciation of a work, since enjoying anime and manga is ultimately a one-on-one experience between you and the medium, not you and the artist.

Hell, anime and movies have the additional caveat where you have to account for an entire team of writers/directors/producers behind each series, making the concept of "authorial intent" even more diluted and vague. If Anno wanted one thing but episode director/storyboarder/animation director Masayuki had a different impression and focused on different aspects of the series for a few episodes, whose "authorial intent" are we even talking about?

Obviously things like a country's culture, subject matter, time period etc. have an impact on the people involved and therefore the end result. There comes a point however where as a viewer you have to decide whether you'd rather discuss all those external factors in general or the actual, specific end-result anime.

tl;dr Postmodern egoism all the way.

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Why?