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Live Poll: From Melies to Streaming: The Eras of Film History
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Cinema has evolved through several major eras shaped by technology, culture, and industry. From the silent film imagination of Georges Méliès, through the classical studio era of Alfred Hitchcock, to the creative revolution of New Hollywood with filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, each period reshaped what movies could be. The blockbuster age of directors like Steven Spielberg and the digital revolution further transformed cinema. Today, streaming platforms such as Netflix, Apple and Amazon Prime continue to change how audiences discover and watch films. The time spans used here differ slightly from those suggested by Bordwell and Thompson to better highlight later developments such as blockbusters, digital production, and streaming platforms. Which of these eras do you find the most interesting or influential? Share your thoughts here.
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Peter_pbn
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Some of the options and a lot of the text is only about Hollywood.
You cite Bordwell and Thompson. They actually have a fairly international focus, see for example the table of contents here
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Pencho15
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Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/j48RuBGXzIs01faDJrgxIw/
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NYVKE
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Objectively - every period is important, and they evolved from one another.
Subjectively - Period 4 (1975 - 2008) is nostalgia loaded.
Period 5 is convenient and affordable, although quality has largely declined over the past ~5 years.
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AlbertoMazarro
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Difficult to choose, but I thin the golden era of Hollywood Studios is the origin of every other one
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The time today has some benefits that are very good for film freaks like me. Although the former periods had mor quality, today so many more things are available easily. I remember my dad buying 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' on VHS. It costed him 250,- Deutsche Mark, which equals to about 120,- Euro. It was one of the first movies I stuck to. Always wanted to see it again and again. It was magical, somehow. Even though I was only 9 to 11 years of age.
For me Spaghetti-Western are still the best. There were just a few movies that can compete with them like 'Dances With Wolfes' or 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'. This and the following era are for me the most copetetive, even though they weren't if Geroge Méliès wouldn't have made his movies. I'm convinced of that.
I grew up with Ghostbusters, E.T. Never Ending Story, Das Boot, Star Trek and some Disney movies. Also movies of former Disney-employee Don Buth (e.g. The Secret of NIMH) and many Films of the former eras with Gregory Peck (The Exorcist, Moby Dick, The Omen), James Stewart (Vertigo, It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, The Glenn Miller Story), Rock Hudson, Doris Day (pillow Talk) and the wonderful Katherine Hepburn (Bringing Up Baby). Also many b/w movies with Spencer Tracy, like e.g. 'Edison, the Man'. Which totally fascinated me. To see how many attempts Edison needed to work out a proper, funktional and lasting light-bulb was one of my aha moments. I learned much through these movies.
That was a time, movies had to contain useful and quality content, otherwise the failed at the box office. The expenditure was high compared to today. Film roles had to be processed chemically and also copied way more physically. So the companies had to re-assure the content is not crappy. I like todays time, because it's more easy to consume movies. You don't have to wait for TV-schedulings, Ciname or buy it for expensive money, although the quality of content was often higher in past.My fav is the time around 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly', so I voted for it. :D
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The time today has some benefits that are very good for film freaks like me. Although the former periods had more quality, today so many more things are available easily. I remember my dad buying 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' on VHS. It costed him 250 Deutsche Mark, which equals to about 120 Euro. It was one of the first movies I stuck to. Always wanted to see it again and again. It was magical, somehow. Even though I was only 9 to 11 years of age.
For me Spaghetti-Western are still the best. There were just a few movies that can compete with them like 'Dances With Wolfes' or 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'. This and the following era are for me the most copetetive, even though they weren't if Geroge Méliès wouldn't have made his movies. I'm convinced of that.
I grew up with Ghostbusters, E.T. Never Ending Story, Das Boot, Star Trek and some Disney movies. Also movies of former Disney-employee Don Bluth (e.g. The Secret of NIMH) and many Films of the former eras with Gregory Peck (The Exorcist, Moby Dick, The Omen), James Stewart (Vertigo, It's a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, The Glenn Miller Story), Rock Hudson, Doris Day (pillow Talk) and the wonderful Katherine Hepburn (Bringing Up Baby). Also many b/w movies with Spencer Tracy, like e.g. 'Edison, the Man'. Which totally fascinated me. To see how many attempts Edison needed to work out a proper, funktional and lasting light-bulb was one of my aha moments. I learned much through these movies.
That was a time, movies had to contain useful and quality content, otherwise the failed at the box office. The expenditure was high compared to today. Film roles had to be processed chemically and also copied way more physically. So the companies had to re-assure the content is not crappy. I like todays time, because it's more easy to consume movies. You don't have to wait for TV-schedulings, Ciname or buy it for expensive money, although the quality of content was often higher in past.My fav is the time around 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly', so I voted for it. :D
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NYVKE
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Surprising that CGI/Streaming is 2nd from the last,
Might represent the demographic of voters.
Something like 60% of IMDb users are like <35, but I bet those who vote on polls skew differently
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