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In Reply to: Videos v. Movies posted by clarkjohnsen on April 26, 2001 at 11:10:41:
An imagined past that never existed.Where do we begin with this foolishness and misplaced nostalgia?
How 'bout with the idea that viewing a movie in a theater full of strangers is a social experience?
If we accept that proposition, we are truly in a parallel universe where parallel lines do converge.
In my dimly remember collegiate past, I recall seeing a number of art films from the Italian greats of the time-- Visconti, Fellini, etc. at university theaters. Also in my club there were a couple of guys who were real film connoisseurs. They persuaded me, as the social chairman, to appropriate some of the party and beer budget to pay for rental of these films (not videos; 16 mm films). I can't remember where we got the projector and screen. So we watched a few of them, the only one of which I can remember was King and Country. Also, independent TV stations, desparate for programming and short of cash, ran Bogie films and the like.
But we talked about films only because there was a pre-formed group that was interested in the subject. It isn't like we picked up five strangers at the theater while watching "Juliet of the Spirits" for the 5th time and an earnest discussion of Howard Hawks'directorial style ensued.
Video puts this stuff in reach of all of us, and at our convenience. And, if I were a single college kid, we'd gather around the biggest and best TV set and watch and discuss. I don't do that anymore; instead I introduce my kids to the "originals" of some films that have been inferiorly remade, such as "Sabrina" Occasionally, when alone for a weekend, I have been known to have succumbed to some total lunacy, like declaring a "WW2 submarine movie night." I'll scoop up "Das Boot", "Run Silent, Run Deep" "The Enemy Below" and, if I can find it, Ronald Reagan's "Hellcats of the Navy." After all that, I've got to take an 1/2 hour shower; I reek of salt water and diesel fuel.
If this is the best that this guy writes, I gotta say, Clark, you and I have pretty divergent tastes. I thought people had sense in San Diego, like our beloved webmaster, Rod M.
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Follow Ups
- Rubbish and nonsense - Bruce from DC 02:09:38 04/28/01 (11)
- Re: Rubbish and nonsense - Rich H 23:39:54 04/28/01 (2)
- Re: Rubbish and nonsense - Bruce from DC 11:38:26 04/30/01 (0)
- Well, well..... - Victor Khomenko 18:07:27 04/29/01 (0)
- You raise some... points. - clarkjohnsen 10:54:58 04/28/01 (7)
- Re: You raise some... points. - Bruce from DC 11:56:20 04/28/01 (6)
- You had me up until The Maltese Falcon bit. - john dem 01:53:47 04/30/01 (5)
- Re: You had me up until The Maltese Falcon bit. - Bruce from DC 11:46:51 04/30/01 (0)
- My Views Exactly! - clarkjohnsen 10:49:09 04/30/01 (3)
- Yeah, but... - Victor Khomenko 11:09:06 04/30/01 (2)
- Victor, stop pulling our legs! <nt> - Bruce from DC 11:39:37 04/30/01 (1)
- OK, OK, so it was IN phase... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 14:33:52 04/30/01 (0)
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