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The Post an Interesting Pic thread
Arrowsmith replied to Richard Kimble's topic in General Discussions
Richard Widmark and Donna Reed in Backlash (1956) -
The Post an Interesting Pic thread
Arrowsmith replied to Richard Kimble's topic in General Discussions
I showed this photo to someone and he said "I thought she was on her phone for a second." -
Some Questions about "The Essentials" and Political Correctness?
Arrowsmith replied to greenpete58's topic in The Essentials
Please do. 1. Your first point is a false equivalency, unless these white people have been promoting films by explicitly stating that they are films about white people made for white people, and black people's opinions do not concern them. 2. I don't need to read her mind, she has explicitly stated how race is an important factor: DuVernay is looking forward to audiences discovering 1982′s “Losing Ground” and Kathleen Collins in particular, who she considers on par with any of the white male contemporaries of the time, like, “a Woody Allen, per se.” The film was never -
Some Questions about "The Essentials" and Political Correctness?
Arrowsmith replied to greenpete58's topic in The Essentials
I chose Gerwig as an example, because she is similar to Ava in certain ways, but she is white. And I have my suspicions on why the double standard exists, though I don't want to explain because it would likely start a debate in which I have no interest in participating. -
Some Questions about "The Essentials" and Political Correctness?
Arrowsmith replied to greenpete58's topic in The Essentials
Imagine Greta Gerwig saying that she doesn't care what black people think, because her film has white people and she made it for white people. Then imagine her expressing explicit shame that she has Africans in her lineage, and celebrating that she is mostly European by declaring "I'm white!" and "This makes me so happy." In today's culture, I can only imagine we wouldn't be hearing from her again for a while, if ever, at least in the mainstream. I'm just clarifying what I meant, by the way, not trying to start a debate. -
Some Questions about "The Essentials" and Political Correctness?
Arrowsmith replied to greenpete58's topic in The Essentials
I was only trying to point out that learning more about Ava made it more clear why the films she selected were important to her. Though the videos I pointed out did make me raise an eyebrow. Reverse the races and you would likely see that person excommunicated from Hollywood. -
Some Questions about "The Essentials" and Political Correctness?
Arrowsmith replied to greenpete58's topic in The Essentials
A quick Google search of Ava Duvernay shows that she spends a large portion of her time focusing on race. Some interesting videos too. One in which she mentions that she doesn't care what white people think of her documentary because "I made it for black people." In another video of her on the show Finding Your Roots, she expresses disappointment when she learns that she has more white people in her lineage than she thought. She is afraid that she may be more than 50% European, but is ecstatic to find out that she is 57% African, exclaiming "I'm black!" in celebration. I had never heard o -
The Post an Interesting Pic thread
Arrowsmith replied to Richard Kimble's topic in General Discussions
I would love to be a fly on the wall with these two hanging out. -
What people intuitively feel is "objective" tends to still be subjective. I don't see any place for objectivity when discussing film preferences. If someone likes A over B, but feels B is still "better" than A "objectively" (which is how I am understanding you), then I think that person is just confused about objectivity. It sounds more like the person likes A over B, but feels that B is more in line with what they normally (subjectively) prefer.
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What are your unpopular opinions on Classic Hollywood?
Arrowsmith replied to MusicalsGalore's topic in General Discussions
This reminds me of another unpopular opinion that I have (at least from what I've seen on these boards), that Westerns are my favorite genre of film. Old American Westerns are the pinnacle of escapism. -
What are your unpopular opinions on Classic Hollywood?
Arrowsmith replied to MusicalsGalore's topic in General Discussions
I'm not sure how many times, but certainly less than fifty. Maybe one day I'll hit that number. Stagecoach is probably my favorite film from the 30s, and the 30s is probably my favorite decade of cinema. -
What are your unpopular opinions on Classic Hollywood?
Arrowsmith replied to MusicalsGalore's topic in General Discussions
John Wayne was a great actor. Black-and-White in 4:3 aspect ratio is the best format for most films and should not have been all but abandoned after color/widescreen came around. The Hays Code wasn't all bad, and the restrictions catalyzed more creativity and ingenuity in the great filmmakers.