“Movies today stink! Few of the so-called films of 2005 can hold a candle to the great masterpieces of the last century!â€
If you hang around people who love old movies, you hear arguments like that all the time. [...]
Entries from March 2005
Artistic Darwinism
March 25th, 2005 · No Comments
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Reviving the Revival Theater
March 18th, 2005 · No Comments
Remember the revival theaters of the 1970’s? If you don’t, back then the Bay Area overflowed with venues that specialized in old and semi-old movies, many of them changing their double bill every day. (You almost always [...]
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Longevity
March 11th, 2005 · No Comments
Let’s assume, for the moment, that sound movies existed in 1601, and that the first production of Hamlet was recorded for posterity. Remember that the title role was tailored to a particular actor, Richard Burbage, just as [...]
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Oscar Post-Moderm
March 4th, 2005 · No Comments
Michael Medved is right—Hollywood is out of touch with America. Sunday night, we watched the Academy pick the smart one, the one with quality, the right one. That’s not the way America votes.
In all the post-Oscar talk about Chris Rock and [...]
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