Quarta-feira, 3/8/2005
Why are the movies so bad?
Julio Daio Borges
I think what we're talking about here is a much bigger, much sadder problem, which is that the mainstream of American movies has been terribly disappointing in recent years. The question that faces anyone who loves the medium is whether this is a cyclical thing -a passing dip, so to speak- or whether there might be something much more worrying. I notice that the business itself is beginning to get quite anxious about declining attendance: There has been a big drop-off [in ticket sales] this year. And God knows how much bigger it would have been but for the final Star Wars film. If we didn't have that film -which I think gives a sort of artificial boost to the figures- the first six months of this year would be pretty gloomy. There's a lot of evidence to suggest two things -which could, in fact, be working [in tandem]: that films don't mean as much to audiences anymore, and that they don't mean as much to filmmakers anymore, either.
David Thomson para Rob Nelson (porque todo o mainstream está em crise, já reparou?).
Julio Daio Borges
3/8/2005 às 10h32
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