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Post by marianne48 on Apr 7, 2019 20:20:06 GMT
Is this just my imagination, or do actors smoking in recent movies look a little awkward? Maybe it's because smoking has become less of a habit in recent years, so actors don't know how anymore?
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Post by ck100 on Apr 7, 2019 22:37:46 GMT
A lot of past movies have glamorized smoking, but not as much so these days as far as I know.
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Post by kingkoopa on Apr 7, 2019 23:08:23 GMT
This is a detail I notice as well. I think more current actors were just never smokers, perhaps due to the increasing public warnings about it (in the USA at least). Remembering Sigourney Weaver and Bill Murray (just off the top of my head) smoking in the movies of the late 80s, they actually knew how to smoke. They weren't trying to make it look cool. I think younger people (I'm 41) don't realize how prevalent smoking was in the days past. My parents (between the two of them) were three-pack-a-day. I remember sitting in the smoking section at restuarants. Burn holes in the car upholstery. The whole deal.
I only smoke about 1-2 cigarettes a week (socially, never got the bug to do it every day), but I learned from two of the best. I think there is a try-hard element in a lot of modern portrayals of smoking from some actors. If it doesn't seem casual, I notice it right away.
Also, I got a chance to smoke a prop cigarette from a batch made for TV production. It was horrible. Maybe healthier, but tasted like burnt popcorn. Could just have been that one, but I'd hardly been able to pull off making it look smooth and casual.
This is one of those little things that always finds a way to stick out in movies for me. I know not everyone can rock a smoke like James Dean, but I notice when it doesn't look natural for the actor/character.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 8, 2019 0:12:26 GMT
A lot of past movies have glamorized smoking, but not as much so these days as far as I know. This link strongly disagrees. I don't know about this though. I see more vaping these days honestly. EDIT: **** me hang on a second
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Post by Sulla on Apr 8, 2019 0:53:17 GMT
A lot of past movies have glamorized smoking, but not as much so these days as far as I know. This link strongly disagrees. I don't know about this though. I see more vaping these days honestly. EDIT: **** me hang on a second
Any group with the word "truth" in its name is suspect because in my experience it usually falls short. 86% sounds pretty bad, huh? First the article narrows down the field to only Oscar nominees. Then it's only the ones in major categories. So we're talking about maybe a couple of dozen films. And that's what's used to measure tobacco depiction in films? I'm sure there are hundreds of films made each year with no tobacco in them at all. But adding them into the study would bring that 86% down to a much lower number which wouldn't be suitable for the so-called "Truth Initiative's" purpose.
So ck might be correct because he's probably counting lots of films that weren't nominated. I also think tobacco use in films has shrunk overall.
Getting people to quit smoking is a noble effort, but I would rather these anti-smoking groups be honest about it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Apr 8, 2019 1:00:33 GMT
I watch a lot of old movies and smoking shows up a lot but I wonder how much of it is subsidized. They say the main reason to do it is to give actors something to do with their hands but I cannot buy that since they can't show it in ancient historical films.
It's like someone having a glass of milk. A million drink options but chances are it is a glass of milk they are reaching for.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 8, 2019 1:06:44 GMT
Bill Murray - Rushmore, & even that was more of a character 'stunt' to show self-apathy.
Can't recall anything later top of my head.
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