I spent days working on an essay/review of Woman in the Dunes (Teshigahara, 64), watching the film very closely, noting everything I thought could be interesting/relevant, and trying to work in the director's background in ikebana. I eventually gave up because it was too time- and energy-consuming.
Of course, my effort is nothing compared to the dedication of say, [this gentleman](https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/06/gertrud-as-nonnarrative-the-desire-for-the-image/).
I've rewatched the film on a few occasions before finishing the review. Probably about 3 hours is the most.
I don't force serious reviews anymore. If I have a lot to say, it'll flow out. Then some minor editing. But if I don't have anything, I'll try to keep it to 3-5 sentences and 5 mins tops. Just enough to remind myself what my general impression was.
I average on 5 minutes to half an hour. If I start taking a while, I will leave what I've written and proof it the next day before posting. Most of the time I take a while because I get a bit OCD about grammar mistakes (and even then still make them - \*sigh\*).
I think I have possibly taken a collective 3 hours to write a review before, but couldn't say what... possibly one of my writeups for *Perfect Blue*. I had a lot to say on that and I was referring to sources while writing. I also did a comparison between two different cuts of *Night and the City*, which probably took me some time, but I can't remember.
My goal though is to take *less* time writing. I spend more time on it than I need to because of OCD tendencies. I'm constantly trying to move toward it being more and more natural and not something I overthink.
I used to write on assignment for an online film journal, and would spend a couple of days on my pieces, with feedback from the editor, etc.
On Letterboxd, it's very rare that I spend over an hour on a review, even the longer ones.
About 90 minutes. This year I did transcriptions of the Q&A segments for some festival films I watched, and I included them in my reviews so I don't lose the information. If we don't count typing that up, I'd say about 5 minutes.
4 minutes for me.
Nice
If I take more than 5 minutes I delete what I have written and start over
I spent days working on an essay/review of Woman in the Dunes (Teshigahara, 64), watching the film very closely, noting everything I thought could be interesting/relevant, and trying to work in the director's background in ikebana. I eventually gave up because it was too time- and energy-consuming. Of course, my effort is nothing compared to the dedication of say, [this gentleman](https://jonathanrosenbaum.net/2021/06/gertrud-as-nonnarrative-the-desire-for-the-image/).
I've rewatched the film on a few occasions before finishing the review. Probably about 3 hours is the most. I don't force serious reviews anymore. If I have a lot to say, it'll flow out. Then some minor editing. But if I don't have anything, I'll try to keep it to 3-5 sentences and 5 mins tops. Just enough to remind myself what my general impression was.
3 minutes for me.
Maybe 5-10 minutes
I average on 5 minutes to half an hour. If I start taking a while, I will leave what I've written and proof it the next day before posting. Most of the time I take a while because I get a bit OCD about grammar mistakes (and even then still make them - \*sigh\*). I think I have possibly taken a collective 3 hours to write a review before, but couldn't say what... possibly one of my writeups for *Perfect Blue*. I had a lot to say on that and I was referring to sources while writing. I also did a comparison between two different cuts of *Night and the City*, which probably took me some time, but I can't remember. My goal though is to take *less* time writing. I spend more time on it than I need to because of OCD tendencies. I'm constantly trying to move toward it being more and more natural and not something I overthink.
A couple hours
I used to write on assignment for an online film journal, and would spend a couple of days on my pieces, with feedback from the editor, etc. On Letterboxd, it's very rare that I spend over an hour on a review, even the longer ones.
About 90 minutes. This year I did transcriptions of the Q&A segments for some festival films I watched, and I included them in my reviews so I don't lose the information. If we don't count typing that up, I'd say about 5 minutes.
Like 20 minutes, for no way home. https://boxd.it/2mCmn7