One consequence of the pandemic is that I’ve been seeing a lot<\/i> of old movies. I am having a lot of fun, and I suspect many people are having a similar experience.<\/p>\n
Seeing so many offerings from different decades provides an opportunity to think about the vastness of the cinematic arts. You start to see the ways in which each film is a reflection of a very particular time in cultural history.<\/p>\n
In a sense, cinema constitutes a parallel reality that moves alongside our evolving culture. It is a reflection of our culture, but it also influences our culture.<\/p>\n
So in an important sense, the reflection goes both ways. Cinema not only contains a record of how culture continues to evolve, but also helps to cause that evolution.<\/p>\n
Maybe that’s one reason I’m having so much fun watching old movies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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