[lbo-talk] Re: John Ford (was: Kael)

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Nov 30 09:33:59 PST 2006


Brian wrote:


> > The non-expert judgment that these movies are Cary Grant comedies
>is closer to the truth of things than the judgment that these movies were
>made by Hawks or Capra.
>
>Why is the non-expert judgement closer to the truth.

I'd say because movies are like pop music. They're mostly for fun and telling good stories. Like Douglas Sirk said, nothing ages faster than film.



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