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You are again confusing the revenues with quality

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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: "America has it's unique taste, and we should admit, in many areas it is not the best." posted by Audiophilander on January 29, 2004 at 11:34:29:

There is no question many American films produce tremendous revenues abroad - that IS the strenth of American movie industry.
But let's not lose our perspective - what sells most is usually not what is synonimous with high quality.
Your original point was that snobs here want to see films nobody else wants to - and to that I say that is incorrect. Even if the proportion of people in other coutries who love those obscure in the US films is being swamped by the mad hordes of the French and Italian viewers standing in line to see the Titanic.
Which is to say I suspect many more have seen and love Friday Night in France than here. So wanting to see it here doesn't qualify one as a wierdo, but rather as someone who is curious what the big world loves.
I don't even want to mention the dreaded MacDonald analogy here.

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"...what sells most is usually not what is synonimous with high quality." - LOL! - Audiophilander 17:28:12 01/29/04 (5)
No, in reality, what sells most is usually synonimous with what most folks deem worthwhile! Everything else "usually" appears on Bravo or the Sundance Channel at 3 AM in the friggin' morning. :o)
AuPh
- Thank you for making it clear... - Victor Khomenko 17:32:16 01/29/04 (4)
  ...I have been wasting my time here.
  - Re: Victor you have been so deliciously slow..... - patrickU 06:05:54 01/30/04 (2)
    But let�s give him another chance...King Kong is coming...Hehe..
    - I am sure it will collect huge crowds - another great achievement in the world of cinema! - Victor Khomenko 06:23:52 01/30/04 (1)
      Down with Liv Ullmann! Here comes Peter Jackson!!!!!!
      Too bad Liv doesn't even pass the Sundance at 3 AM test - no one shows her here. So she must be truly insignificant to "young adults".
      - Re: I am sure it will collect huge crowds - another great achievement in the world of cinema! - Audiophilander 10:13:29 01/30/04 (0)
        
        In Reply to: I am sure it will collect huge crowds - another great achievement in the world of cinema! posted by Victor Khomenko on January 30, 2004 at 06:23:52:
        
        Well, I'm glad to see that you had a change of heart and brought your bat back out to play; I brought the balls. ;^)
        > > > "Down with Liv Ullmann! Here comes Peter Jackson!!!!!!" < < <
        I'm sure that Liv Ullmann, now in her mid-60's, still excites the bedpan brigade provided they're "up" at 3 AM in the morning, ...well, maybe her films still do when combined with one of Bob Dole's little blue pills. Now Liv Tyler, as she appeared in LoTR ...! Well, perhaps it's best not to put too much stress on those pace makers, gents.
        You know, as I'm sure you are aware, as one "matures" the range of "young adults" gets wider and wider. Eventually, almost everyone fits into that category; it's called getting old.
        BTW, just FYI, I'm not partial to the remaking of classics (i.e., I intensely disliked the De Laurentis abysmal remake of King Kong back in the late 70's), but if anyone can breath life into this tired overgrown overblown gorilla saga, Peter Jackson could do it.
        AuPh
  - Wow! So, the game gets a little rough and now you wanna take your bats and go home, right? - Audiophilander 23:20:33 01/29/04 (0)
    Sheeeesh! Someone give big Vic a lace hanky and two passes to the nearest art-house; Frodo Baggins, you ain't. ;^)
    Deeply disappointed,
    AuPh :o(

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