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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Follow Ups
- You are again confusing the revenues with quality - Victor Khomenko 12:06:41 01/29/04 (6)
- "...what sells most is usually not what is synonimous with high quality." - LOL! - Audiophilander 17:28:12 01/29/04 (5)
- Thank you for making it clear... - Victor Khomenko 17:32:16 01/29/04 (4)
- Re: Victor you have been so deliciously slow..... - patrickU 06:05:54 01/30/04 (2)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)