[lbo-talk] Star Wars and the death of American cinema

[Jeffrey Masko]

Red herrings abound here, but even if "Hollywood" (whatever that means, are
we talking classical narrative film structures, modernist art films,
postmodern film structures?) is going downhill (ignore David Lynch and the
Coen Brothers, just for starters), there is nothing in film history that
rivals what is going on on Television 2.0; shows like The Wire, True
Detective, etc, easily are the best classical narrative structures out
there. If we look at smaller films like Dope, or Dear White People, or any
of the films of Ramin Bahrani, then the idea that cinema originating in the
U.S. had it's highpoint in the 60's is seriously deluded.

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:


>
>
> On 12/31/15 6:45 PM, JOANNA A. wrote:
>
>> True. Very true.
>>
>> Though arguably, one of the problems is that Hollywood cannot make "Some
>> Like It Hot" any more.
>>
>
> Well, yeah. I'm with you there.
>
>
> ___________________________________
> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>

-- 

J.A. Masko
College of Communications
Penn State University
State College, Pa 16801

  "The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without
becoming disillusioned."

           Antonio Gramsci.