-=> Quoting Wayne Thompson to James Root <=-
 WT> > James was discussing "Postcard" with Wayne. <
 
 WT> It will be just the thing for watching all of the B/W movies and
 WT> fifties/early sixties re-runs on TV!!!
 WT> JR> Don't laugh! A freind of mine bought a reconditioned one, and
 WT> JR> it's worth a small fortune as a collectable item!
 WT> I know!!!  That's ANOTHER reason why I bought this one!!!
 WT> \x/7
Dear Wayne,
Now that you got me started remembering about those black and white
days, I thought of the time (in jeopardy of dating myself!) when I used
to go to a movie theatre and watch a black and white movie (or two of them).
The quality of the filming was superior than today in some respects and
that was the use of photographic techniques in a more artistic-like
fashion, as with the Alfred Hitchcock movies (before he switched to
colour).
Today's films stress only special effects, and violence, and that's too
bad. It makes money at the box office, but years from now I wonder if
these films will hold up the same as the oldie goldies have?
I havn't bothered to go see Titanic, because I don't want to have to
suffer through the *almost* reality of being aboard that ship when it
went down, and think that those people should be allowed to be laid to
rest. Man's fascination with disaster never seems to end.
It is quite macabre as far as I'm concerned, and not in a Boris Karloff
way either. Not draining but satisfying for the price of a ticket.
Actors like Vincent Price, made use of the macabre, but always somehow
made it fun, not stressful to watch. Bogard couln't hold a candle to
the good looks of other actors, but there was something especially human
about the man, and the roles that he played (The African Queen), a
priceless film.
Those days are gone, but I'm glad that there is someone like you who has
found an appreciative eye and who takes special effort to recreate those
times, as with your television.
The very first movie that I ever saw was H.G. Well's, Things To Come, and
it's incredible but every word in the closing parts of the end of that
film have come true today. It was utilized in the Alien Encounters week
startup series on television's Space Station, and it still stood up after
all these years. Mind you that film was already "old" when I saw it for the
first time, but it left a lasting impression on me.
"Will we ever have to use the sleeping gas again?"
What are your favourite oldies?
Regards
James
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