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Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
so a movie isn't a classic if the next generation doesn't want to see it? In that case...
Psycho
The Fog
The Thing
The Shining
Halloween
War of the Worlds
Phantom of the Opera....the list goes on and on of films that this generation has no desire to see does that mean they aren't classics?
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Psycho- For it's time it was a defining movie in the suspense genre and film classes study it to this day. Hitchcock was using techniques on this film that are still employed constantly.
I hesitate to say this because I don't want to sound like I'm talking down to you, but what exactly are you basing the statement "this generation has no desire to see" on? Your own desire to see? How can you speak for an entire generation?
As for the rest of your list, I'm not sure I would consider all of those true classics. Psycho, Shining, and Halloween yes. The Fog and The Thing no. I suppose Phantom of the Opera is a classic but that's not my cup of tea at all. War of the Worlds is a tough call... The Orson Welles radio broadcast has certainly become a bit of a legend. The H.G Wells book is considered a classic. But the movie... I don't know... I'm torn on this one...