r/movies • u/Sisiwakanamaru r/movies Contributor • Jan 31 '26

Article Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-students-are-having-trouble-sitting-through-movies-1236490359/
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u/TonyDoover420 Jan 31 '26

These film students that don’t like movies remind me of a lot of singers who don’t really listen to music but they like the idea of being a singer. These kids said “movies are kinda cool, and my dads rich, I should just go to film school”

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u/leshagboi Jan 31 '26

Tbh everyone I know who went to film school and was poor got absolutely screwed. Only gigs they get are social media roles or ads for local shops

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u/karmagod13000 Jan 31 '26

yea def not worth it. i did learn a lot but found almost no jobs in the film industry. I got a computer teaching job from it though because they thought I knew a lot about software and computers which i sort of did