Whatever happened to classiness of Yesterday? Movies and Music.
I appreciate actors of the modern day: Daniel Day Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Edward Norton, to name a few. I appreciate new music: Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I even admire great culminations of the two arts in films like 'The Proposition' or 'There Will Be Blood.' However, one thing lacks: the beauty and simplicity of Yesterday.
No matter how great the quality and technical advancements of film and music may be, the heart and soul of the greater arts is slowly wearing away. I find myself and several of my peers- Hepper being foremost amongst them- constantly living in the past. The music we appreciate still includes The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd; the films are still 'Sabrina,' 'Roman Holiday,' and 'On the Waterfront.' The music of today simply does not have the same depth or emotional impact that the past still holds on some of today's more 'back-in-the-day-inclined' youth. I will find myself sitting before an iTunes visualizer with close friends listening to and soaking in 'Imagine' or screaming at the top of my lungs and smashing coin jars to the impeccable rhythm of 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You.' I will find myself watching 'The Sound of Music' for the 13th time and gasping in awe and genuine surprise during the "the Mouth of Truth" scene of 'Roman Holiday.'
I am sure there are many that will defend the newer Oscar winners for their brilliance, and rightly so (err...maybe there was a hint of sarcasm in that); however, I will dare them to find writing, dialogue, and effortless delivery that matches Audrey Hepburn's and Humphrey Bogart's in 'Sabrina.' All that needs to be said is that Yesterday is gone, Today is not sticking for some of us, like myself and Hepper, and I pray and hope that the Future delivers a new Beatles and Audrey to satisfy my need for amazing entertainment. Until then, who wants to watch 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' with me tonight and 'long for Yesterday?'
for every Sabrina and Roman Holiday there were dozens of shite-in-a-box movies. even bogart and hepburn made the occasional crappola. you're just exposed to everything that "Today" has to offer whereas you're cherry picking from the best of the best from the past. look back 40 years from today and only the classics of today's cinema/music/art will be "remembered"
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i disagree with you, k-breezy. even 40 years from now, the classics of yesterday will be remembered tomorrow, certainly much more so than the "shite(i believe you meant shit?-in-a-box" movies of today.
ReplyDeletei think we're agreeing then. my point is that there are just as many classics today as there were "yesterday." its just that we're looking back at a select group of movies that is not at all representative of the entire catalog of movies made in that time period- merely the best of them. take the best movies of this era and you're going to have a collection equally as good.
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