Show a little perspective

Posted by Troy (A) on February 9, 2004 at 08:15:39

In Reply to: ART OR INDUSTRY? posted by patrickU on February 9, 2004 at 06:24:42:

Movies from Hollywood have ALWAYS been about money first.

There were a lot more movies released in 1940 than there were last year. (mainly becuase TV didn't exist and 99% of Americans went to the movies every week to be entertained and watch newsreels etc.)

Yet how many of those 100's of 1940 movies do people watch in 2004? Probably less than 20 are available on DVD and VHS. The rest of the forgotten 1940 movies were pedestrian westerns, cheesy horror films, bad crime films and topical comedies that would be unwatchable today. They were disposable crap made purely for profit then and today they would be more interesting for their dated "time capsue" qualities than as actual, watchable movies. They were not art any more than most of the Hollywood films of today are.

The studio system was just a factory, churning out new junk every week. That anything good came out of it was a fluke. it was good in spite of the studio system, not because of it.

Every year there's a handful of movies that come out of Hollywood that are great movies that will stand the test of time. This was true in 1940 and it was true in 2003.

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Topic - ART OR INDUSTRY? - patrickU 06:24:42 02/09/04 (14)

If you want ART...... - wizdeluxe 11:41:56 02/09/04 (2)

Re: If you want ART...... - patrickU 11:53:49 02/09/04 (1)

That which is EASY..... - wizdeluxe 13:48:12 02/09/04 (0)

Show a little perspective - Troy 08:15:39 02/09/04 (4)

Re: Right on - rico 10:59:34 02/09/04 (0)

Re: Show a little perspective - patrickU 08:32:54 02/09/04 (2)

Re: Show a little perspective - Troy 12:43:37 02/09/04 (1)

Re: Show a little perspective - patrickU 05:11:03 02/10/04 (0)

Fortunately, and as Victor has said, US is not just Hollywood... - orejones 08:02:34 02/09/04 (1)

That is why I check the IFC channel every night - Victor Khomenko 09:55:17 02/09/04 (0)

That is called specialization - Victor Khomenko 06:32:00 02/09/04 (3)

Re: That is called specialization - patrickU 07:04:00 02/09/04 (0)

Re: That is called sensationalizm - Dave-A 06:52:07 02/09/04 (1)

Re: That is called sensationalizm - patrickU 07:05:39 02/09/04 (0)

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Show a little perspective - Troy 08:15:39 02/09/04 (4)

Re: Right on - rico 10:59:34 02/09/04 (0)

Re: Show a little perspective - patrickU 08:32:54 02/09/04 (2)

Re: Show a little perspective - Troy 12:43:37 02/09/04 (1)

Re: Show a little perspective - patrickU 05:11:03 02/10/04 (0)

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