Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on September 05, 2002 at 17:05:13

In Reply to: Re: try some genuine old school martial arts movies posted by caa on September 05, 2002 at 16:23:55:

Nothing is wrong with fairy tales per se. My general beef with the American taste is that it replaced the subject of human beings and their sufferings, emotions and pain with machines, social deviants and excitement.

I don't see degrading the American qualty as the prevailing attitude, though. Unfortunately the predominant one is that of undeserved satisfaction and self-congratulation. And in art the tension is everything, the perpetual unhappiness of the artist with the results of his labor.

But I think we are straying. The ongoing Hollywoodization of the world cinema is unfortunately something that is happening, whether we admit it or not. And as I said - those other guys share in that responsibility at least equally. No one is forcing them to prostitute themselves.