In Reply to: That was not the point posted by Victor Khomenko on August 17, 2006 at 06:37:29:
Your assumption relies on their being a higher proportion of great films from the forties and fifties, in relation to the amount of films being produced. If .5% of the films made in the forties and fifties were great, and .7% from the seventies were great, then, while the absolute percentage from the seventies may not be impressive, it does show increased quality compared to the forties and fifties.The place to start this exercise is during the period you believe Hollywood was churning out quality fare. Pick the 30's. My guess is that the percentage of great films from that era seems greater only because history forgot the schlock.
Although 1939 is probably the best single year in film.
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- Re: That was not the point - jamesgarvin 07:21:59 08/17/06 (11)
- We will not be able to resolve this analytically, and that is not my intention - Victor Khomenko 07:42:14 08/17/06 (10)
- Well that speaks of your taste in moies and ideas of mormality. - Analog Scott 09:13:00 08/17/06 (9)
- Rather that speaking of what is normal, how about some examples of abnormal? - Victor Khomenko 07:53:07 08/18/06 (8)
- Re: Rather that speaking of what is normal, how about some examples of abnormal? - Analog Scott 11:30:10 08/18/06 (6)
- These two posts appear to be written by the same guy... before and after the four-martini lunch - Victor Khomenko 08:18:29 08/19/06 (5)
- looks like you'd rather take cheap shots at me than deal with the content of my post - Analog Scott 10:42:01 08/19/06 (4)
- Try smiling while you post - Victor Khomenko 11:03:19 08/19/06 (3)
- you are right. I should have included a big :-) - Analog Scott 11:24:41 08/19/06 (2)
- No harm done - Victor Khomenko 12:13:54 08/19/06 (1)
- Underdog stories are moderately popular but - Analog Scott 13:02:22 08/19/06 (0)
- Re: Rather that speaking of what is normal, how about some examples of abnormal? - jamesgarvin 10:25:17 08/18/06 (0)