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Originally posted by Joe Sixpack
Let me explain something to you first of all.
The films that Jeremy mentioned:
The English Patient
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Snatch
Amelie
Like Water for Chocolate
Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down
El Mariachi
Boys in the Hood
are mainstream releases. All of them... with the possible exception of El Mariachi. All of them recieved a decent release. They ARE foreign films but they are still mainstream releases. That you and your friends have seen them does not surprise me.
But I'll bet you saw most on video or DVD.
And yes, blockbusters are made for worldwide release. So? I knew that. I never denied that. But McDonalds is sold almost everywhere but it's still shit food. Hollywwod cinema, by and large is still shit cinema.
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That's the point I was making. Those films received decent releases and did well in America. We are not all a bunch of cultural yahoo morons waiting for "Pearl Harbor II" cuz that first one had some grat fuckin' explosions,man! And yes, I gotta cop to seeing a lot of movies on DVD. I mostly go see movies with my son. Which is why those crappy blockbusters make so much money. They appeal to that low common denominator the world over and can simply get more butts in seats. Even parents who would rather not be there. Like you said, good movies are being made. Just indepedently. The Hollywood studio system is not really the way to judge Art In American Cinema. The reason I fell in love with HK cinema about 8 years ago is because it was so much fucking FUN to watch stuff that did not always follow the formula I had become used to with American films. We HUNGER for this stuff!