An interesting blog post on "film history fakelore...
An interesting blog post on “film history fakelore”, myths about the history of movies that lead to lazy and clichéd writing. Some examples:
-Moviegoers in the 1890s were panicked by the train’s approach in the Lumière film L’Arrivé d’un Train.
-Jaws was the first summer blockbuster and its success killed the more authentic auteur cinema of everyone’s beloved early 1970s.
I’d like to see an analysis of each of the myths mentioned in the post. (via ebert)
Comments (2)
I really wish the myth about Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino being the same person had caught on.
"Moviegoers in the 1890s were panicked by the train's approach in the Lumière film L'Arrivé d'un Train."
but i like this myth because it points out how stupid people are if they are:
a) french
and/or
b) old-timey