The theory doesn't actually state that there have been no good films since then, but that Jaws in the same year gave rise to the modern blockbuster, which for better or worse, turned American films into 90% spectacle, bringing on the Michael Bays and Roland & Emmerichs of our society. So while good movies are still coming into being, they are always overshadowed by the Independence Days and Bad Boy II. So I agree with all that, but don't necessarily lament it. Otherwise there would be no Jaws, Star Wars series, Indiana Jones series, or Lord of the Rings.
But Nashville is interesting (among many other reasons) in that it really is the last film of its kind to exist just before the American cinematic map changed forever!
I love Nashville (it on my top fifty list), but alas, the news of America's cinema's death has yet to reach my ears.
I'm always the last to know these things...
Shalom, y'all!
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Nostalgia blurs the vision.
You'll learn to ignore me. :)
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But Nashville is interesting (among many other reasons) in that it really is the last film of its kind to exist just before the American cinematic map changed forever!
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Shalom, y'all!
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It our country's cinema truly dead?
Either way, if you go ahead with the shindig and wouldn't mind me popping up, be sure to let me know where and when!
Shalom, y'all!
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