tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449788510648805968.post3252089364454232534..comments2024-03-04T03:03:55.910-08:00Comments on GENRE HACKS: "Have You Seen Notorious?"Sean Hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06231519321386029271noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449788510648805968.post-71113132348427642842012-02-25T21:07:00.385-08:002012-02-25T21:07:00.385-08:00In the 80s they would've thought you meant the...In the 80s they would've thought you meant the Duran Duran video. ;) If memory serves, WPIX in New York once ran a tv spot for Hitchcock's "Notorious" using that song. It was kinda cool actually. (For the record, I still haven't seen either film).Brian Smithhttp://studios.amazon.com/users/36163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449788510648805968.post-90455018678975639892012-02-08T10:51:48.226-08:002012-02-08T10:51:48.226-08:00I had the same experience researching Charlie Chap...I had the same experience researching Charlie Chaplin films for a clip to include in my short film, Melancholy Baby. Hilarious stuff.Sean Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231519321386029271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449788510648805968.post-72267561618983368212012-02-08T10:31:10.449-08:002012-02-08T10:31:10.449-08:00I know who Charlie Chaplin was but, I had never ac...I know who Charlie Chaplin was but, I had never actually seen any videos/films until my son brought home his 4th grade reading homework. We youtubed his videos,couldn't stop laughing. Dancing forks bit killed. Goes to your point,theres thousands of films out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449788510648805968.post-30428812302103199852012-02-02T15:30:07.628-08:002012-02-02T15:30:07.628-08:00No my friend you are not out of touch.
You shoulda...No my friend you are not out of touch.<br />You shoulda thrown the syllabus at them and assigned them homework to watch Notorious and come back to class with a act/sequence breakdown identifying plot twists, act breaks and climax. Seriously, any serious student of the cinema should know about Notorious no matter if they are from generation Transformers or generation Youtube web series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449788510648805968.post-36474195639995739822012-02-01T12:07:55.766-08:002012-02-01T12:07:55.766-08:00Yeah, that's kind of a depressing story, but I...Yeah, that's kind of a depressing story, but I think you've got to admit that Notorious is not one of the more famous Hitchcock films outside of the cinephile world. People have heard of Psycho. They've probably heard of Vertigo and The Birds. They maybe even know the name Rear Window and North by Northwest and Dial M for Murder, but that's usually about it. And even then, most probably have never seen any of those films. They've just heard the names.<br /><br />But can you blame them? There are so many thousands of films, and there are hundreds released all the time, and the further away you get from the classics the less likely they are to be seen by people. Hell, I didn't even see The Godfather Part II until last year.<br /><br />Of course, last year I met someone who had never heard the name Charlie Chaplin and I nearly flipped my shit, so I totally understand the frustration.Corey Atadhttp://justatad.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8449788510648805968.post-1471082470320894602012-02-01T06:32:47.216-08:002012-02-01T06:32:47.216-08:00My generation, in the broadest sense of the term, ...My generation, in the broadest sense of the term, is cinema illiterate before entering their mid twenties. All screenwriting classes I took in my undergrad days, the teachers had to keep pop cultural references within the last five years or run the risknof seriously confusing the class. Hell, my girlfriend is teaching THE MATRIX in a comp class, and only five out of thirty students had heard of it. <br /><br />Personally, I didn't think anyone actually saw the B.I.G. biopic, but that's just me.Ikenoreply@blogger.com