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Came to also mention - because IMHO Philip Glass is already a film. I walked in to a frat party in 1983 and the movie was playing on a TV - and my mind was blo

• waltbosz 4y ago
  I first saw the film in the mid 2000s. By that time, many elements of the film had become dated (the cars, the fashions, the hairstyles, etc.) For me, the dated elements are a major part of what makes the film so interesting. It's a sort of detailed historical record of life in the past. It makes me wonder two things: 1. If the movie were recreated shot-for-shot in today's world, would still be it as interesting. Or would the contemporary elements make it less interesting. 2. What was it like to see the movie in the 1980s when the elements were still contemporary, and the film was absent of the historical-recordness. It's almost as if the passage of time has added something of value to the film which could not have existed when it was first released. And this film is unique in its ability to benefit from datedness. When I watch other 80s films and I see old fashions and hair styles, it sometimes takes value away from the film.
  • intrasight 4y ago
    The footage was certainly closer to "contemporary" in the 80's. But much of the footage was already pretty old. The Apollo 11 launch. The atom bomb. The St. Louis demolitions. The traffic and cars. It's mostly early to mid 70s. I am disappointed that there's not been a modern reboot - even as a crowdsourced/pirate version. But considering the attention span of the TikTok generation, I don't think it would work.