Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on November 22, 2002 at 08:57:14

In Reply to: Victor - you're missing an essential point posted by Dave on November 22, 2002 at 08:13:40:

If the American industry produced 200 films on the same theme, then The Old Man and The Sea would perhaps start blending into that crowd, but not with Tracy's performance, of course.

Hundreds of silly films on athletes IS an American tradition, like it or not, like the westerns are. And taken from that perspective the Bull IS formulaic.

I don't think it is wrong to identify the American directors (actors too) as a special category. They do have very distinct flavor (jist like the French or Italian ones), and they do represent the national cinema wich has generally been isolated and lagging in artistic area.

To me again this is like being a US champ, but only an Olympic bronze winner. You can use either title depending upon the context, and both represent different views of the same achievement, allowing you to put it into RIGHT perspective.

It can be said, that it is the inability to see things from the world perspective is what limits the American movie industry acievements.