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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 29, 2018 5:14:57 GMT
ten years, twenty, thirty or more? Some films on VERY rare occasions need less. Films such as Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) for example. These films are the closest to being true INSTANT CLASSICS...IF there really is such a thing. For the most part, I'd say at least twenty years for a film that's great to be considered a classic.
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Post by london777 on Jul 29, 2018 15:50:13 GMT
This was the question I shyly asked in my very first post on this board. I only wanted to make sure I would be posting in the right sections. A long exchange of posts followed which included some thoughtful observations, but left us no nearer a definitive answer. Basically, a film is a classic if one person (and it only takes one, apparently) esteems it high enough. Some of the most obscure genre films were offered up as classics. A previous thread on this topic |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 29, 2018 19:45:42 GMT
This was the question I shyly asked in my very first post on this board. I only wanted to make sure I would be posting in the right sections.
A long exchange of posts followed which included some thoughtful observations, but left us no nearer a definitive answer. Basically, a film is a classic if one person (and it only takes one, apparently) esteems it high enough. Some of the most obscure genre films were offered up as classics.
A previous thread on this topic |
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 30, 2018 0:00:52 GMT
Well, in the old car world, a classic merely has to be 25 years old and an antique is 50 years old. Of course, the terms mean different things to different people and classic means cars built after WW2 up until the mid 1970's and antiques are pre-war vehicles, particularly brass era cars....
Linking to films, I figure anything made since WW2 and to the 1970s is classic, and films before WW2 are antiques... There are exceptions to the rule as any objectively amazing films made since the 1970's are probably classics, like maybe the first three Indiana Jones films, Ghostbusters 1, Back to the Future, etc....
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 30, 2018 0:26:14 GMT
Ah, the age old question, like “Why are we here?” “What happens after we die?” and “At a movie theater which arm rest is yours?”
My standard answer for at least 20 years has been: any movie released before (but not including) 1970 was made in the “classic film era” and therefore may be considered a “classic film” by anyone who cares to do so. Any from 1970 on was made in the current or modern era (but I don't like "modern" very much, there is too much of "modern" meaning up to date and therefore "good" sense to it).
Sometimes, since 20 years have past, I consider upping my limit to 1979, but, well, here’s the thing: remember when people would say, “Let’s go to the movies tonight”? They would sometimes go to the neighborhood theater to see whatever was playing. Reviews didn’t mean all that much, yet. They were practically assured of seeing an entertaining movie. Now, what was the last decade that could happen. I believe it was the 1960s. In the ‘70s, even considering some of the monumental masterpieces and influential films, the ratio between the good and bad ballooned in favor of the bad and that number has grown ever since.
I probably should now get into the issue of why I don’t believe the old canard that “there were as many bad movies in the past as there are now” but I don’t feel like it. I’ll let someone else pick up the flag and carry it.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 30, 2018 4:43:15 GMT
mikef6, that's all well and good and I quite agree with what you said up there ^^^ BUT what is the answer to that REALLY world shakingly important query : “At a movie theater which arm rest is yours?”
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 30, 2018 5:03:00 GMT
mikef6 , that's all well and good and I quite agree with what you said up there ^^^ BUT what is the answer to that REALLY world shakingly important query : “At a movie theater which arm rest is yours?” That has puzzled philosophers, gurus, and Oprah for centuries. |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 30, 2018 5:10:00 GMT
mikef6, that's all well and good and I quite agree with what you said up there ^^^
BUT
what is the answer to that REALLY world shakingly important query :
“At a movie theater which arm rest is yours?” |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 30, 2018 5:12:22 GMT
They were practically assured of seeing an entertaining movie.
And, if they were not wildly entertained by that night's feature s (usually two) … there would be a change of pictures for the next week and something new to look forward to. Reviews were not as important as The Coming Attractions (or, as my brother said when a mere child, The Coming of the Tractors, which became a family catch-phrase)
Oprah being puzzled for centuries would thrill her, I am sure, mikef6 
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 30, 2018 5:23:18 GMT
I personally do not consider American New Wave films to be part of classic era. That's why I do not count movies of actors such as Roberto De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino to be classic era movies. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) may be seen as the era of transition from classic era or Golden age into something else. Others can disagree with my opinion.
Some people use classic film as in a quality movie of past. I have no problem with such usage.
Classical Hollywood cinema - 1930s to Early 1960s.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 30, 2018 5:30:50 GMT
There's the whole discussions of Classic ERA and Classic FILM and Classic FILMs from the CLASSIC ERA and Classic Films from the Non-classic Era to look forward to. <again!>  |
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