that's exactly what biases it. the bad movies do not survive. the good ones are shown over and over and studied and commented on. it is easy to watch citizen kane and learn more about it's "greatness" every time we hear peter bogdanovich say "i remember one time when orson was living in my basement, he told me that when filming citizen kane ..."
years ago i grew tired of the kid's crap movies and television, so i introduced my daughter to fantasia. it was pure quality and blew her little mind. 7 years later, she still watches, albeit not quite as much as digimon and pokemon vs godzilla and sailor moon. at the end of hte day, it is all our fault that we get crap instead of quality. outside of maybe some political propaganda over the years, i'd think that the hollywood studios are essentially neutral as to what they produce. if anything, they seem overly willing to produce quality. remember, citizen kane and fantasia were huge losers at the box office when first released. from an economic perspective, it is those films that make no sense as the people want more smokey and the bandit II. as a famous rock n roller once explained, the public gets what the public wants and the public wants what the public gets. who is to blame for that? On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Alex Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it's always been the case that most films are formula crap made to > appeal to > > enough of the lowest common denominator to make lots of money. and it > has > > always been the case that some good films are made despite this model. > > > > That's all true. I think when people say that movies used to be > better, either their memory is colored by nostalgia, or they're misled > by the skewed sample of old movies that get shown on TV or are > available on video---i.e., only the good ones. A lot of crummy old > movies you just don't see anymore, because, well, they were crummy. > Sturgeon's Law is a constant. > > Alex Chamberlain > '87 300D Turbo et al. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
