of what import

[Anon Oby]

"But of what human import is all this skill, all this effort, all this energy in the production of effects, when the story, the representation of life is hollow, stupid, banal, childish?"
Source: https://m.kekenet.com/nce/24338.shtml

I don't understand this whole sentence, especially the green part.

 

[Tarheel]

Why is it important?

 

[teechar]

In another thread, I asked you to give us the link to where you found the text you quoted. You still haven't done that. I am closing this thread for now but will reopen it after you've provided the link.

We all want a code to live by

"...living in a world in which undeclared aggression, war, hypocrisy, chicanery, anarchy and impending immolation are part of our daily lives, we all want a code to live by." Source: Virtue and a Fast Gun by Carl Foreman from The Observer The article is not very difficult too read, but I have...

www.usingenglish.com

 

[teechar]

Thread reopened.

 

[teechar]

"But of what human import is all this skill, all this effort, all this energy

"of what import is X?" = "of what significance is X?" = "what is the significance of X?".

 

[Anon Oby]

"of what import is X?" = "of what significance is X?" = "what is the significance of X?".

But where should I place that "human"?

 

[Tarheel]

I might say:

I don't understand any of it, but especially not that part.

You don't need "human" in there at all.

 

[teechar]

But where should I place that "human"?

In the same place as before! It's acting adjectivally to focus on examining/evaluating the (lack of the) human aspect of Hollywood films.

"But of what human import is all this skill, all this effort, all this energy in the production of effects, when the story, the representation of life is hollow, stupid, banal, childish?"

= What is the significance of all this skilled production when the human aspect of the film is stupid?

= All this effort and skilled production of Hollywood movies is useless, because the human aspect is missing from those films.