Old Movies That Will Be Popular In The Future?

^^Good choice.

After recently rewatching the original Rollerball (1975) in some ways it was very perceptive about how world society might look in 2018... I first saw it on first release and wasn't overly impressed, but now 2018 is long since passed, it makes for an interesting 'what might have been' scenario. Surprisingly some aspects of it still look futuristic, tho some of the technology (e.g. punched cards and cassette tape) are somewhat dated.

The Animated version of Orwells 'Animal Farm'

Frets N Worries wrote: The Animated version of Orwells 'Animal Farm'

Edited by omphaloskepsis - February 04 2024 at 03:51

Well 'Clockwork Orange' was effectively banned in the UK (by Kubrick himself) from not long after its release, until his death, so most of us UK movie fans had to wait around 30 years to see it. I agree it is a masterpiece.

Edited by Floydoid - October 10 2024 at 07:20

moshkito wrote: Hi, There are many things that have stood out on the test of time. The main issue is how it is looked at and appreciated nowadays, when the audience's attention span is limited to "action" and not much else. So, here's my small list ... with a couple of comments. Lawrence of Arabia/David Lean -- the amazing ability to allow something to work itself on its own right before your very eyes. The long shot of the desert and eventually Omar Shariff shows up is likely one of the best known shots in film ... and we get to feel a lot of other things ... the images coming and going it seems like, the heat of the desert moving around like an ocean ... it's timeless! 8 1/2/Michelangelo Antonioni -- I never thought this was a great film, but it broke the static of a lot of films in those days, all being the same with a "story" and visuals to support it, and all of a sudden you get a film that kinda disdains the story itself ... and just flows along. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie/ Luis Bunuel --  An incredible fun film to watch that ends with a throw away ending kinda letting you know there is no meaning or ideas that can explain anything ... and in between the film goes through the inside of the minds of the characters. Really fun and crazy film. It's not even surrealistic, but it is a really pointed film in terms of what we think about anything. AND not the first time Luis ever did this. Viridiana/Luis Bunuel -- Perhaps no other film EVER gave someone a huge finger and became known for its insanity when a bunch of hobos in the end, recreate the Last Supper ... the film is fun to watch, and quite crazy but it doesn't really give away its eventual touch.  Belle du Jour/Luis Bunuel -- Not a pleasant film by any stretch of the imagination but it ended up getting everyone's attention because it made room for fetishes ... and Luis had used many of them in other films for along time ...  Alphaville/Jean-Luc Godard -- It was supposed to be a satire of the American films and the "film noir" thing, and it ended up being one of the best known of them all. The hardest part of this is hearing the philosophy being spoken while something is being done as if the comments justified the deed, which is how a lot of tyrannical this and that do their thing ... but ... well ... this is a film! The Road Warrior/George Miller -- Maybe it was all the antics and incredible design of so many bits and pieces, but the strength of this film and how the music in it was used, is such a butt kicker it's not funny. And the characters ... will you ever forget the gyro ... or the feral kid ... or that massive truck ... full of sand! Roma/Federico Fellini -- It's actually a boring film until the last 20 minutes or so when you get to see the papal fashion show ... if you have never seen it, this is insane, and it is colorful and great. The other great moment is the kid taking a pee in INTERVISTA. Never did a kid give a church such an erection ... oppps ... a reason to get upset! The Seven Samurai/Akira Kurosawa -- Ended up defining the Samurai thing in a lot of Japanese films, and in the end, the film was not exactly a story of the samurai ... it was a story of survival! Beautifully shot, with what looks like a dollar or two budget ... and still one of the great films ever made. Deep Throat/Gerard Damiano -- One for the road ... a orn film, horribly done, with really bad film stock, and an even worse story ... ends up telling the church and everyone else to shut up ... they helped make the film even more famous and made the video players famous ... it started the video craze almost immediately, but folks still went to all the Pussycat Theaters in LA and SF. I probably could go on for a while on this ...

As cloning becomes more and more common (including concerns about cloning people for organs and using humans cells to make meat products), Parts: the Clonus Horror (1979). On the other hanbd, cloning movies and novels have been popular for a long time and that one is not well-resapected because people find it bad (it had a big emotional impace on me, but it's no Never Let Me Go, the book especially).

Not sure how respected Boris Karloff, The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) is but many people would pan it for having European acts play East Asian roles. There has been push-back against this, especially as one finds people being okay with non-white people playing white roles. I am not condoning this especially as it plays to terrible stereotypes, but I know there is pushback especially amongst the alt- right leaning people. Ones who would like to see a return to the good old days of blackface/ yellowface/brownface, accepted implicit and even explicit racial superiority and slavery. On the other hand, I think such people would more likely be watching certain more modern screwball comedies with, perhaps, a country-western soundtrack and a pick-up truck race than that (something kind of like the Dukes of Hazard). Apologies for any stereotyping.

MortSahlFan wrote: Are there any old movies you have seen that weren't popular, but movies you believe will be much more popular (for whatever reason - which is another interesting sub-question). If I had to pick one, it would be "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"...

^ Lol. I've been taken seriously.  That was an offensive humour towards (or a parody of) the forumer you had quoted.

Your satirical comedy taste should surely suck. 

suitkees wrote: MortSahlFan wrote: Are there any old movies you have seen that weren't popular, but movies you believe will be much more popular (for whatever reason - which is another interesting sub-question). If I had to pick one, it would be "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"... They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is not a good exemple though, since this film was quite popular on release: Wiki wrote: The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $12.6 million on a budget of $4.86 million, becoming the seventeenth highest-grossing film of 1969. There have been films that were unpopular on release but who received their "popular" recognition later (e.g. Citizen Kane), but to say that the film has really become popular (outside the film buff circles) might be a bit exagerated. Apart from that, I don't have a crystal ball...

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