I teach a cinema class at my high school, and it’s always interesting to watch the reaction that they have to movies that are widely considered “classics” — that is, movies that appear on the American Film Institute’s Top 100 list. There are some movies that I absolutely love that will bomb with them. Rear Window is one of them. I think just watching Jimmy Stewart on screen with Grace Kelly is entertainment for a couple hours. My students, however, grow bored with the slow pace and lack of scene changes with the film and it ends up being one of the worst rated movies by them. Besides, when modern remakes come out that are better able to hold their attention, like Disturbia, is there a point to watching the oldies? I seem to think there is. But then again, I’m old. Older than they are, anyway. Continue reading “The generation gap”
Lovin' the shiny and the retro
