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Post by mstreepsucks on Nov 16, 2020 22:30:15 GMT
This debate generally seems to boil down to either the 1960s or the 1970s, since that was the age of “New Hollywood.” WEll according to the allmovie.com. The best is the seventies. Because allmovie.com is always correct, except their review of Ghostbusters 2016. Because they rated it too high.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 16, 2020 22:32:20 GMT
The 1960's is the most experimental imo, and it isn't even close. That is part of why it is such a mixed bag for me. It is basically the decade that popularized independent cinema and turned the concept of a plot on it's head with stuff like 2001: A Space Odyssey. I guess you have a point. Although most decades are experimental in some way. The 90s had a lot of independent films that shaped cinema in one way or another. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are best known for their nonlinear storytelling, and even though there have been films to do that in the past, those 2 solidified that trope and made it a technique for some movies. Of course every decade is experimental in some way. The 1960's is what popularized it though. The 1990's is my second favorite decade because it is the culmination of the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. You actually bring up a good example of my point. Tarantino. Without the 1960's and 1970's he wouldn't even have a career. I'd say it is the 1990's that made experimental movies much more mainstream and Americanized.
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Post by gw on Nov 16, 2020 22:41:31 GMT
I suppose that in a way that all film was experimental at the beginning but mainstream narrative cinema stole its attention for a while and it came back in a new, more reactionary form.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 16, 2020 22:46:30 GMT
The 1960's is the most experimental imo, and it isn't even close. That is part of why it is such a mixed bag for me. It is basically the decade that popularized independent cinema and turned the concept of a plot on it's head with stuff like 2001: A Space Odyssey. I guess you have a point. Although most decades are experimental in some way. The 90s had a lot of independent films that shaped cinema in one way or another. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are best known for their nonlinear storytelling, and even though there have been films to do that in the past, those 2 solidified that trope and made it a technique for some movies. Not a movie, but The Twilight Zone could also be counted as the 1960's and it is extremely influential. It even paved the way for filmmakers such as David Lynch and more directly, M. Night Shyamalan.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Nov 17, 2020 12:41:13 GMT
The 60s were definitely the most experimental. No contest. And not just the US, but all over the world. "New Wave"
I'd say the 1930-70s. Lots of populist movies in the 30s, depression era, pre-war, but with the feeling and the fact the war started in the late 30s, I'm sure people knew of a possible conflict, as we saw with one of the great movies, "La Grande Illusion" from 1937, but took place during the first World War.
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Post by Xcalatë on Nov 17, 2020 14:08:42 GMT
1970s & 1980s
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Post by politicidal on Nov 17, 2020 14:43:22 GMT
The 1970s.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Nov 17, 2020 22:57:05 GMT
70's for me, though in my top 50 I've 9 each from the 70's & 90's both.
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Post by movielover on Nov 17, 2020 23:03:03 GMT
The 1970s
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 17, 2020 23:08:01 GMT
80s and 90s.
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Post by marth on Nov 17, 2020 23:09:27 GMT
60´s and 70´s are my favorites.
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