Joe, et al If the movie business was reliant on people your age and my age to pay the bills, it would fold overnight. That's why the Academy decided -- after a terrible year last year - to emphasize younger performers. The unspoken truth here, too, is that other than cineastes like the folk that inhabit this list, even the older audience are interested in the new blood. It's only us that wants to see Lauren Bacall trotted out there or Jack Nicholson sit on the front row and grin. Sure that's fun. But the Academy has a vested interest in keeping things vital.
We need to guard against sounding like those older folk in the 1970s who decried the Oscars because the classic stars of the 1930s and 40s were not such a big deal anymore. K. On Mar 10, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote: > Nathalie, didn't you notice??? EVERYTHING from "The Past" was totally > excised from this Oscar show. The "young" people don't want to see it! > They'll change the channel! > > Joe > > --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Steven Yafet <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Steven Yafet <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Where is everybody? > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 2:30 AM > > Still reeling from the horror movie homage so charmlessly introduced by those > two twilight duds. Obviously more appropriate people were not available ;) > If you blinked, you missed the one or two seconds of classic horror. What > was this supposed to accomplish? > > Nathalie > > On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Doug Taylor <[email protected]> > wrote: > Am I missing something? There seems to have been virtually no MOPO traffic > the last few days…not even the normal running dialogue trashing the Oscar > presentation. > > > Whatup? > > > DBT > > Profile > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
