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Newsweek: Is Anybody Making Movies We'll Actually Watch In 50 Years?

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Recent Newsweek article: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8443715/site/newsweek/

This article explores current stars/starlettes and how their work adds up to the legacy left by silverscreen icons of yesteryear.

Your thoughts?

Hollywood movies these days are shit. They are conceived by commitees and crafted by marketing surveys and focus groups. Huge blockbuster mentalities demand a film turn out megaprofits instantly. There's no time for films to even gain a following as there's already a backlog of movies waiting to be released. If a Hollywood film today doesn't produce big numbers in the first or second weekend, you can kiss its ass goodbye.

What happened to originality and creativity? With such overwhelming pressure to make the big bucks, producers look for tried and true formulas -- namely, remakes. If it worked once, it's likely to work again. Gee, this story already has an audience, no need to develop a new one!

/grumble
 
i bet geeks will be watching all of these comic/superhero movies (or not recent but with the last twenty years terminator, t2 maybe, all the older superman movies, aliens)
but i dont see any citizan kane like material recently
 
^Wes Anderson is pretty original. Any thing Charlie Kaufman writes is pretty original as well. We have Tarintino too, and Id like to think that he has developed his own unique style. Its def not the same though, but the peak in artistic expression wasnt that long ago (70s), so maybe there are some more undiscovered filmmakers in the woodworks that are truly talented and inspired/inspirational . . .doubt it.
 
omg, the fantastic mr. fox. one of my favourite books growing up. that's awesome =D

anyway, i think lynch movies will be watched in fifty years time. and people will still be confused ;)
 
I think most people underestimate the staying power of cult films. I'm sure most movies from film makers like Wes Anderson, Charlie Kaufman, Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Kelly (if his movies keep as good as they've been) will be remembered 50 years from now.

I suspect a lot of mainstream cinema will be lost in time however.
 
It is quite astonishing how the current state of film parallels the current state of music. The good films are just not in the mainstream. Like music, you have to look harder for the gems, but they are there.

Also, LOL at 1234's Lynch comment. ;)
 
In 50 years time everyone will be spending 16 hours a day on everquest and world of warcraft like games, Dvd's will be used as drink coasters and the star wars saga will get it's 3d holographic super special ultimate directer's edition re-released with a new pin striped cover.
 
In other words, the audience will eventually grow up and move on to the next prominant mass entertainment medium.
 
I sure as hell plan to watch pulp fiction when i'm 70. My kids will be all 'ohhhh this is pussy shit grandpa!!!'

Along with THE GODFATHER.. fuck.. that movie will never die... Godfather 2.. Godfather thr- er, nevermind. ;)
 
and don't forget about Darren Aronofsky. That guy's stuff is revolutionary. He is in the works to adapt Frank Miller's Ronin (Pi was kind of inspired by Sin City), and another sci-fi movie called The Fountain which sounds amazing. He calls it a "post-Matrix mataphysical sci-fi", but anyway I was reading some of the script and it was pretty neat . . .
 
In other words, the audience will eventually grow up and move on to the next prominant mass entertainment medium.
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I think it's inevitable in the evolution of entertainmet [evolution of anything really]. BUT along with the audience moving on to a different medium the 'megaprofit' mentality will be moving too [probably leading the way staying one step ahead and all that bullshit] leaving behind those select few who really care about Film its art and craftsmanship.
 
Tanuki_23 said:
and don't forget about Darren Aronofsky. That guy's stuff is revolutionary. He is in the works to adapt Frank Miller's Ronin (Pi was kind of inspired by Sin City), and another sci-fi movie called The Fountain which sounds amazing. He calls it a "post-Matrix mataphysical sci-fi", but anyway I was reading some of the script and it was pretty neat . . .
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revolutionary my arse, go watch " seconds" by john frankenheimer and see who darren aronofsky rips off
 
wong kar-wai
peter greenaway
david lynch
michael mann
jim jarmusch
david mamet
emir kusturica
pedro almodovar
martin scorsese
spike lee
terry gilliam
terrence malick

not that many of these directors apply to the mainstream (although some do) i like to think that longevity denotes quality.


and people will definitely be watching tarantino although it may be more for kitsch than anything else.
 
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anyone mention lord of the rings? those films are the only ones from this generation that i see carrying over into the next few...
 
^

In my response, I was trying to think of people who are successfully making movies right now. Someone mentioned that they felt the Godfather would probably hold up. But the Godfather is over 30 years old now.

I was thinking Altman hadn't really done anything since Short Cuts, but I guess he did do Gosford Park in 2000 or 2001.
 
hey my mom told me that no one would be listening to that nirvana shit in five years, and never ever ten....
surprising how 'cult' favorites can hang on and on in movies clockwork closing in on 35 years, rocky horror on 30... pulp fiction and kill bill-s might have that same shock value that keeps on going (among others that are not so closely aligned to the two mentioned)
 
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