That opening truly does demonstrate how many incredible films were coming out at that period in time. I'm not a huge subscriber of the idea that modern film is truly diminished beyond repair, but the 60's and 70's were a special time. Indeed it baffles me a little that we're not experiencing a renaissance in films, what with cameras and lights being cheaper than ever. Heck, Truffaut famously argued in the Cahiers du Cinema that you could make a film for a lot less and that was in the 50's. Why not now?
The answer, of course, is distribution. Theaters are beholden to the big budget franchises and streaming deals are hard to come by unless you're playing at one of the big film festivals. Even if you taking a streaming deal, your film can slip under the radar unless someone decides to invest in a marketing budget. A Sun comes to mind: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/consider-this-a-sun-oscar-taiwan-netflix-1234604603/
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That opening truly does demonstrate how many incredible films were coming out at that period in time. I'm not a huge subscriber of the idea that modern film is truly diminished beyond repair, but the 60's and 70's were a special time. Indeed it baffles me a little that we're not experiencing a renaissance in films, what with cameras and lights being cheaper than ever. Heck, Truffaut famously argued in the Cahiers du Cinema that you could make a film for a lot less and that was in the 50's. Why not now?
The answer, of course, is distribution. Theaters are beholden to the big budget franchises and streaming deals are hard to come by unless you're playing at one of the big film festivals. Even if you taking a streaming deal, your film can slip under the radar unless someone decides to invest in a marketing budget. A Sun comes to mind: https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/consider-this-a-sun-oscar-taiwan-netflix-1234604603/