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Topic: King Kong
franz_conrad
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quote:
Originally posted by gkgyver:
If directors weren't overly self-indulgent from time to time, we would be devoid of many classics.
Star Wars, anyone?Whatever may be said of it, STAR WARS isn't actually a very self-indulgent film. It's not that long, it's not that big and it lacks the giddy excesses of the prequels (or even the sequels).
posted 03-18-2008 01:53 PM PT (US) gkgyver
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Star Wars is "not that big"?Don't use today's standards for evaluating a movie from 1977.
posted 03-18-2008 06:21 PM PT (US) franz_conrad
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I'm not. Nor am I judging the magnitude of a production based on its historical wake. For a film of the time to be budgeted at $8.25 million (rising to $11 million) was certainly above average over all American cinema, but compared the big tentpoles of the time (e.g. Heaven's Gate, budgeted at $11.5 million, which rose of course to $30 million), was hardly among the biggest shows in town. It was only after its release that it really became big.[Message edited by franz_conrad on 03-18-2008]
posted 03-18-2008 06:29 PM PT (US) gkgyver
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I meant "big" in the sense that what was shown on screen was big, not the money involved.
posted 03-18-2008 08:25 PM PT (US) franz_conrad
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I was talking more in terms of production myself.
posted 03-18-2008 09:46 PM PT (US) nuts_score
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quote:
Originally posted by gkgyver:
I meant "big" in the sense that what was shown on screen was big, not the money involved.What? Did I miss something or was Star Wars the first movie shown projected onto a big screen?! Weird.
posted 03-19-2008 12:20 PM PT (US) franz_conrad
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Andrew - behave!
posted 03-19-2008 03:30 PM PT (US) Old Infopop Software by UBB