I didn't say that art lacks importance, just that it pales in comparison to what those that actually build society do.
Making people aware of autism/Aspberger's syndrome is good, but nothing compared to actually researching and understanding those conditions and creating ways to handle or treat the people that suffer from it.
The manner in which we speak does not compare to building the infrastructures on which our societies depend, to take an arbitrary example.
Being influenced by a film does't make film as important as the field that she chose to go into. Jurrassic Park is also the kind of blockbuster film that's looked down upon by those that really try to elevate their own importance, so your example in part shows an aspect of my point. Influencing people can be done in many other ways, and film is unlikely to be even the most efficient way (especially if you include shady methods).
The problem I'm pointing to is the pretentiousness of some people in the film industry. People like Jodie Foster complaining about big budget action films, or James Mangold talking about how post credit scens supposedly would destroy the art. So what have those people's art done to help the starving children of the world, to help combat disease, to advance our technological level so we can advance our societies, etc? Not at all? Right. Like the Rock said, "know your role and shut your mouth!"
I think I'll be waiting a long time before I see some narcissistic people from Doctors Without Borders talk down to movie directors how their work just wastes time, like the people I mentioned talked down to other directors.
