What the Hell?
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crispy_comments — 19 years ago(January 12, 2007 03:19 PM)
What a joke. There would BE no Joel Coen without Preston Sturges! And I think he'd be the first to admit that, since he's always acknowledged Sturges' influence.
It's sad that the film community/media today is more interested in kissing the butts of currently trendy filmmakers - than in honestly assessing and paying tribute to the TRULY INFLUENTIAL INNOVATORS in movie history.
Frank Capra is #1 in my book, and I love this quote from his IMDb bio:Capra was proud to be "Mr. Up-beat" rather than belong to "the 'ashcan' school" whose "films depict life as an alley of cats clawing lids off garbage cans, and man as less noble than a hyena. The 'ash-canners,' in turn, call us Pollyannas, mawkish sentimentalists, and corny happy-enders."
5b4There are too many filmmakers today who roll around in the filth, exposing (and in my opinion, perpetuating) all the ugliest aspects of human nature and our world. Frank Capra acknowledged & dealt with the negative side of life, but ultimately he was trying to make the world a better place and inspire people, through his films. And that's a far more admirable goal than trying to be "edgy" and "dark", for the sake of being dark.and in order to win accolades/awards/ass-kissing from other pretentious filmmakers & critics.
Give me Capra-Corn any day. -