See that’s something I’ve been thinking about lately. If younger filmmakers don’t watch older movies, then can their films be any good knowing their knowledge is limited. Like an analogy would be writers who only read books from 1985 to the present. Wouldn’t their work suffer? Not saying that they can’t direct movies or write but that there would be something missing. Like there wouldn’t be a Tarantino if he didn’t watch noir and crime films from the silent era to the 50’s alongside his contemporary cinema, right? Guillermo del Toro watching those black and white monster movies. Or am I just wrong? Of course, this is a new art form, a little over a 120 years old so we don’t really know what how much of a “period” influence it has had. I’m trying to think of young filmmakers like Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, Damien Chazelle, etc.
Last edited by Martin_31; 02-24-2019 at 06:52 AM.
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