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Gena says:
"1. Many of the
movies I had never seen before. I had a chance to catch
up on classics and
hidden gems. Some of the oldie films have lighting
and editing skills it
would take me a library of books to learn. B/W
Noir movies straight up rock
in terms of narrative style."
This is
probably one solid argument in favor of certain old movies. Time has a way
or sorting out the outstanding from the mediocre. Therefore, the 'best' of the
old are most likely to be broadcast.
I'm trying
to remember the name of one or two films that were "remade" and the remade
version was far inferior to the original.
I agree
that there are great effects to be learned. I am always surprised at how
black and white can create a certain mood in film. (Can you change video
from color to black and white in the iMovie
program?)
I think I
was just indulging a little personal animosity in this posting against old
movies. "Old movies" became the whipping boy for my hostility to media offerings
in general.
I also
remember how censored movies used to be. In the 1950s, cars lined up at
the local drive-in to see a movie in which the word "virgin" was uttered for the
first time.
Randolfe (Randy) Wicker
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:55
AM
Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Old movies
on the Internet?
Vlogging has nothing to fear from Zazu Pitts. (No relation
to Brad
Pitt.) When I did watch TV I would view Turner Classic Movies and
AMC.
The reasons:
1. Many of the movies I had never seen
before. I had a chance to catch
up on classics and hidden gems. Some of the
oldie films have lighting
and editing skills it would take me a library of
books to learn. B/W
Noir movies straight up rock in terms of narrative
style.
2. They had a story, something to say that some contemporary
movies
and television producers have lost the ability to
create.
Vlogging could be a step foward in that tradition while creating
new ones.
3. Let people be who they are. Yes, some folks will take
comfort and
refuge in what they know. KUSC, the local classical music
station,
presents itself as a safe place: no news, no public affairs,
or
outside concerns, just classical music.
But there are many more
who are starved for the new, the literate, the
goofy and others who are
waiting for inspiration. Much room at the
table. Eyes on the
prize.
Gena http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com
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--- In [email protected], Randolfe Wicker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I just read a news story that
they are going to make all these old
movies available on the
Internet. This makes me suspect that we
vloggers are going to get
lost between Bette Davis and "Laurel &
Hardy". People, like
water, seem to seek the lowest common level.
>
> I know that
there are "great" old movies. However, I have a special
prejudice
against them. I'm sixty-seven years old. When I go to
some
gathering of men, especially gay men my own age, they aren't
talking
about the new exciting "TransGeneration" documentary on Sundance
or
offerings on the new (unique) gay cable channels like Logo or
"Here!
On Demand".
>
> No, they are talk about watching some
old Bette Davis movie to avoid
watching Bush's acceptance speech.
>
> So, I really hate old movies. "Old" movies make prisoners of
those
unable to stay young and keep up with the changing times. I
shudder
every time I meet an intelligent person over fifty who still
doesn't
have a computer! (Shudder! Shudder!)
>
> There
is too much "new content" in vlogs and even on channels like
Uncensored and
Logo and Sundance that it is depressing to see so many
people become a
"prisoner of their times".
>
> May I die posting a new vlog for
new generations entering a new age!!
>
>
> Randolfe
(Randy) Wicker
>
> Videographer, Writer, Activist
>
Advisor: The Immortality Institute
> Hoboken, NJ
> http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/
>
201-656-3280
>
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