Kenneth Tynan on What Film Has Done to Culture

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The most powerful influence on the arts in the West is -- the cinema. Novels, plays *and films* are filled with references to, quotations from, parodies of -- old movies. They dominate the cultural subconscious because we absorb them in our formative years (as we don't absorb books, for instance)... The first two generations predominantly nourished on movies are now of an age when they rule the media; and it's already frightening to see how deeply -- in their behavior as well as their work -- the cinema has imprinted itself on them. Nobody took into account the tremendous impact that would be made by the fact that films are *permanent* and *easily accessible from childhood onward*. As the sheer number of films piles up, their influence will increase, until we have a civilization entirely molded by cinematic values and behavior patterns.
Kenneth Tynan (his diaries)
October 19, 1976

(from the New Yorker, August 14, 2000)

A man ahead of his time, wouldn't you agree?
clark

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Topic - Kenneth Tynan on What Film Has Done to Culture - clarkjohnsen 13:06:00 08/16/00 (3)

OTOH, the most powerful influence on cinema is Shakespeare. - TAFKA Steve 01:04:35 08/17/00 (0)

Re: Kenneth Tynan on What Film Has Done to Culture - TG 16:54:54 08/16/00 (1)

"Astute observations" yerself! (nt) - clarkjohnsen 08:06:27 08/17/00 (0)

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