Bit of a late reply, but if people started watching older films, they would realise many things.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Cecil B. DeMille
GrigoryGirl — 18 years ago(March 15, 2008 09:37 PM)
Bit of a late reply, but if people started watching older films, they would realise many things.
A. They're better than modern movies.
B. The production values are higher.
C. The dialogue is better.
D. They don't make their points so obviously.
E. The acting is better.
F. There's a sincerity that most modern films can't even imagine.
G. The editing isn't so rapid.
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cwente2 — 17 years ago(August 02, 2008 05:22 AM)
I'll add one. No matter what your philosophy about what music should do for a film, the music in today's films sounds almost identical film to film (and boooooring). The really great scores (and even not so great scores) of older films had to have been composed with much greater care and directoral attention, and were, therefore, far superior to any I've heard in recent years. Think for a moment about "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Lawrence of Arabia". "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes", "Ben-Hur", "The Ten Commandments", "Tom Jones" I could go on and on. Incredible number of styles of music and types of composition from period to jazz to symphonic, etc. Now, it seems it's all synthesized, annoyingly repetitive, and all too loud. Love scenes sound like an air-conditioner played in whole notes, and action scenes sound the same with the addition of drums.
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GrigoryGirl — 17 years ago(August 02, 2008 10:13 AM)
Very true. Most scores nowadays are instantly forgettable, and sound like they were composed by the same person.
The only recent score that sticks out is Jonny Greenwood's one in There Will Be Blood. It was different than most but unfortunately, it didn't jell with the film particularly well.
I like what you said about the variance of scores. I rented Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder, which had Duke Ellington doing the music. -
ScarletPimpernel64 — 17 years ago(April 20, 2008 08:54 PM)
There's more of them that do. I'm shocked by the # of them that do, and it's actually a pleasant surprise.
"So what else is on your mind besides 100 proof women, 90 proof whiskey, and 14 karat gold?" -
shop-girl23 — 15 years ago(June 08, 2010 10:08 PM)
Just because there mightn't be much activity doesn't mean younger people don't appreciate his work. Of course he was a great director, and this is my first time on this board. I would rather have the board of people that do appreciate him, not a bunch of teens who like movies like cough Twilight and nonsense.
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rhammondk — 15 years ago(January 01, 2011 02:47 PM)
The winners of the (Golden Globes) Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award always pay homage to DeMille, especially recent winners Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Look forward to Robert DeNiro's speech when he accepts the award this year.
Watch for the forthcoming Sunset Boulevard remake by Paramount Pictures (2012) where C.B. DeMille has a key role. Wonder who will play him. Also keep your eyes open for the epic Cecil B. DeMille biopic - an Oscar-worthy feature in the vein of The Aviator and A Beautiful Mind.