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The White CouncilRe: Steve Buscemi may be GollumTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: Steve Buscemi may be GollumTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Goodgulf on August 31, 1999 at 16:02:06 In Reply to: Re: Steve Buscemi may be Gollum posted by RSS on August 30, 1999 at 22:27:48:
: This movie should be a classic, in that it transcends the era in which it was made. I don't think Wizard of Oz does that: I still see it as a "pop-ified" (how's that for a word) film. I would just hate to see that happen to The Lord of the Rings. Yes, both films are definitely Americanized. Of course Gone With The Wind is meant to be due to the subject matter. Are both films a bit dated? Yes, somewhat. The Wizard of Oz reflects more of the culture in which it was filmed than does Gone With The Wind. The director of GWTW tried hard to depict the culture at the time of the American Civil War, but I suppose one could make the argument that it was the culture of the Civil War as seen through the eyes of the culture of 1938. So we see some mythic types in the film, such as plantation life for slaves being depicted in an almost positive manner. So the question is, can any film remove itself from the culture in which it is made? But to defend Oz and GWTW, I've seen films from the 70's that seem much more dated than those two. And even if Jackson does somehow make the film you want, there will still be naysayers and critics.
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