In Reply to: Re: Don't miss the one that began it all: B. Brown's "Endless Summer." nt posted by jamesgarvin on August 10, 2005 at 13:36:26:
surfers were criticizing The Endless Summer (TES) but they're wrong. It was HUGE with surfers all around the world and credibly can be credited with spreading the sport to many---who's to say who's a "proper" surfer, anyway?
There have been many films since trying to duplicate Bruce's effort and none have matched it. The quality of the waves, the great locations, the simple photography (if your comment meant there was fakey shot-making in TES I have yet to spot it) and, most importantly, the innocence and sheer joy of the surfers is non-duplicatable.
See it for yourself. It's a timeless classic.
Too bad some (I mean the guys you mention) feel the need to hammer their sources all the while climbing upon their shoulders. Ego? Intimidation? Whatever it is, it ain't pretty.
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Follow Ups
- Well, I haven't seen "Giants" yet and from your post I can't tell what - tinear 15:48:30 08/10/05 (4)
- communication breakdown - tunenut 18:47:17 08/10/05 (3)
- Yeah, the "only me" syndrome is at work. Fact is, without - tinear 06:49:39 08/11/05 (2)
- nostalgia - tunenut 13:55:35 08/11/05 (1)
- Re: nostalgia - jamesgarvin 15:44:31 08/11/05 (0)