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In Reply to: makes sense ..... posted by Analog Scott on June 5, 2005 at 08:05:45:
It varies. Some movies lend themselves to easy re-watching after short periods of time. Things like My Fair Lady, for instance.But generally I would say the stronger the film, the longer should the interval be. It is usually at least several years, often much more, for truly great ones. Perhaps they are like wine - young and light one can be enjoyed right away, and the better - the longer.
Great films leave such long lasting impressions that one hardly needs to revisit them often. It's been many years since I saw the Forbidden Games, yet it is completely alive in my memory. Such is the power of masterpieces.
That is part of reason why I only started collecting films very late in my career. Music - all the time, but I didn't see reason for movies collection.
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We part here. I have amassed over 1500 films on laserdisc and DVD and watch the great ones often. In a film like say, "Citizen Kane" one can take way something new each time. Others, like "Picnic" and "Avalon" and "The Dead" and the Christmas films I watch seasonally. And I never tire of them, just like I never tire of the Cape Cod sunrises and sunsets and visiting the ocean each day.
I almost understand what Victor is saying when he talks about NOT collecting films. Normally I enjoy owning a copy of some favorite film or all the works of a particular director, but...how many times can you watch the heartbreaking end of "Forbidden Games"? I have only seen that film twice in the last twenty-five years but that girl's face is burned in my memory.
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