Monday, September 04, 2006
Michael Caine On Modern Film
And it’s not pretty.
FILMS made today pale against cinema classics of the past because they are so lacking in dialogue, character and plot ...
In today’s world, dialogue is anathema and plots that are not designed to quite literally beat you about the head and shoulders are few and far between.
The Oscar-winning star has lost count of the number of times he has seen films such as Casablanca, On the Waterfront and The Third Man, which he never tires of watching. Which is more, he said, than can be said for today’s “banal” films: “I can’t think of one I could see again,” he said.
Bottom line: He’s right.