Movie decade madness

[GePap]

So the question is, which decade of the 20th century was the most creative one in terms of cinema? After all, film is trully the medium of the whole 20th century.

So, was it before the 10's and 20's? (I will put them togather since few films of the era made it to the time when anyone here could see them), the haday of studios in the 30's and 40's? Or was it the 50's as movies battle TV? Or the rebellions years of the 60's and 70's? Or the return of studios in the 80's and 90's?

[red_jon]

You fail to specify which century.

[GePap]

Shall I point you to the stupid questions thread?

[red_jon]

Some of us might like films from the future.

[GePap]

Then make a thread about your favorite future films. This thread does not assume the ability to see into what has not yet occured to be possible.

[red_jon]

It really depends on the proximity of glue to your nose.

[GePap]

Now that the threadjack is over....

[st_swithin]

Wait and see...

If Transmetropolitan ever becomes a movie, the WORLD will know the future.

[Dinner]

Everything was new in the 1930s so they simply had to be more creative. They couldn't just endlessly remake old films like they do today. Also there were few special effects so they really had to concentrate on writting a better script if they wanted people to see the movie.

[Kirnwaffen]

I think it's hard to really pinpoint a 'most creative' decade. Every decade has seen it's truly amazing and moving films, along with it's massive flops. And while it's true that a more recent film may have a technological edge, that doesn't make it any less creative or innovative than any film before it. So banana.

[Sikander]

I voted for the silent era where film as an artform was created from disparate elements such as the stage, photography and painting. It is de facto the most creative period. Ranking henceforth becomes much more difficult, but generally inertia has set in over time with the creative impetus limited more and more to technical innovations and the growth in the sheer number of films and film industries generating the occasional fresh idea. Thus more new ideas occurred earlier, though there have been a number of periods during which nothing much new occurred.

[GePap]

I myself voted for thr 70's: filmakers of the time explored lots of social and psychological aspect that previous filmakers had avoided, as well as making some techincal achievements. They also laid the gorundwork for the 80's and later with films like Jaws and Star Wars.

[Adagio]

This depends on which part of the world you're reffering to:

USA: nineties
Denmark: Sixties and seventies (The last good danish movie was made in 1979)
Germany: Seventies

[Grandpa Troll]

I feel personally that it may be hard to quantify, because expectations were raised each decade by better methods of production, more exposure in the media.

Sensationalism or even slash 'n gash horror films mean more to some than it means to me. Im not into Godzilla or even King Kong, I personally enjoyed the western and war films of the 60's versus any other era.

So I vote 60's.


Peace

Grandpa Troll

[alva]

Everything was new in the 1930s so they simply had to be more creative.

Shouldn't this be the other way around??? Because it WAS new they didn't have to do alot to 'awe' the audience, abit like like the beginning of special effects.
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I would say the 70' too, most of the good directors started at that time too.
Deer Hunter, Apocalypse, French connection etc..