Cult theater or commercial crap?

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The debate over whether advertisers can ever truly create art has kicked up on Twin Cities’ mnspeak.com over Carmichael Lynch’s "Porsche Fast Films." The 11-short-film series, inspired by the German sports car, has been running during the Independent Film Channel’s Thursday night Cult Theater program and on the IFC Web site, but some indie film fans aren’t buying it. "Commercials are not ‘films,’" says one anonymous mnspeak comment. Others defend the series, arguing that while some of the films are "commercial-like," others are "much more expressive."

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