becoming a filmie

[pryor15]

a hypothetical i thought of the other day.

assume, for a minute, that you have through years of dilligence achieved the grand title of "filmie" (ok, so it's not grand, but whatever) and you meet someone who, upon finding out you are a filmie, would like to know more about that most wonderful of art forms. Also, assume their film knowledge to be pretty average, consisting mostly of what's been in mainstream theatres in the last 10 years. They are not familiar w/ subtitles, but willing to give it a shot. actually, they are willing, for the sake of arguement, to try any genre/style/whatever at least once, but if you screw up, they very well may say, "no more anime for me, thank you very much"

so what then is your course of action?

i have some ideas, but i'll wait until other chime in a bit