Himself, who lives in the past, is watching an old movie in the next room, the Ghost and Mrs Muir -- actually he's re-watching it.
For the second time this evening.
Okay, I'm being silly, I'm not really complaining, because this second time he's watching it with those voice-overs by cast, crew or film historians that are such fun extras on DVDs.
A voice, which I gather is that of someone whose interest or area of expertise is cinematography? has just said something marvelous about the otherwise ruthless businessmen who ran the studios, that each was aware of his "responsibility to his community, his responsibility to his fellow man," that he understood the potential impact of a a film's content, and that he had a "duty to represent truth, even unsavory truths in a way that was edifying rather than destructive."
Would it not be glorious to be able to say that about all, or even most of the people responsible for content in popular entertainment today?
Universalis, your very own breviary in pixels...
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I don't know how Himself can stand to watch those commentary "specials" that show up on the DVDs. Maybe it's because he's in the business. When I've tried them I get (a) hopelessly bored and (b) wish I'd never watched the movie in the first place.
Well, he fast-forwarded through the musicologist commenting on Bernard Hermann's score saying THAT was boring :o)
The stuff about special effects and dealing with the censors, the latter being what the comments I quoted were about, interested him enough to keep his thumb off the >> button.
I think filmmakers, in their own twisted way, are still trying to make an impact on society using the film's content. They have abandoned many of the moral truths that used to be held by the majority, however, and don't seem to worry much about truth.
That is the truly sad thing... many of them are crusaders for their own personal agendas and are using their films to change society (in my opinion, not for the better). I don't think money is the only driver for these folks (otherwise there would be a lot more "G" rated movies released).
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