Comments on: Bring Back Adult Films http://hoenir.himinbi.org/2008/09/10/bring-back-adult-films/ The Contents of Will's Head Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:52:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: will http://hoenir.himinbi.org/2008/09/10/bring-back-adult-films/comment-page-1/#comment-116 will Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:49:16 +0000 http://hoenir.himinbi.org/?p=1028#comment-116 I don't really think that the market forces and popular taste can really be separated. Social acceptability and preference play a non-trivial role in shaping perception. I wouldn't suggest that removing the lines is in any way a good solution. I would just like a bigger social drive toward people seeking to be treated like adults with the associated rights and responsibilities. I suppose though that there is a market that provides this — the independent film houses. Those make the decisions and interactions more local as well, which I also like. I guess a good solution would just be to push toward more consumption from local theatres. I don’t really think that the market forces and popular taste can really be separated. Social acceptability and preference play a non-trivial role in shaping perception.

I wouldn’t suggest that removing the lines is in any way a good solution. I would just like a bigger social drive toward people seeking to be treated like adults with the associated rights and responsibilities.

I suppose though that there is a market that provides this — the independent film houses. Those make the decisions and interactions more local as well, which I also like.

I guess a good solution would just be to push toward more consumption from local theatres.

]]> By: http://kaitrin.blogspot.com/ http://hoenir.himinbi.org/2008/09/10/bring-back-adult-films/comment-page-1/#comment-115 http://kaitrin.blogspot.com/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:08:22 +0000 http://hoenir.himinbi.org/?p=1028#comment-115 so, um, the issue here is popular taste more than anything to do with the ratings board, right? because there's a whole freakin' spectrum of realism that CAN be tapped while playing within the R rules that rarely makes it outside the arthouse... not because anybody objects, but because the stuff doesn't sell. not that i support the arbitrary lines that help disneyfy, but i don't think suddenly removing them would really do much for the state of popular cinema. the late 60s - early 70s (time of midnight cowboy) were a sort of golden age of really interesting/indie-style/adult-themed cinema... partially because no movies were doing really well, so studios were throwing out all kinds of neat experiments. blame george lucas and steven spielberg for figuring out the modern blockbuster formula... i wish i had the title of the book birdwell had us read on it for film history handy, but the way the studios and cultural forces interact to shape the film industry is really fascinating. so, um, the issue here is popular taste more than anything to do with the ratings board, right? because there’s a whole freakin’ spectrum of realism that CAN be tapped while playing within the R rules that rarely makes it outside the arthouse… not because anybody objects, but because the stuff doesn’t sell. not that i support the arbitrary lines that help disneyfy, but i don’t think suddenly removing them would really do much for the state of popular cinema.

the late 60s – early 70s (time of midnight cowboy) were a sort of golden age of really interesting/indie-style/adult-themed cinema… partially because no movies were doing really well, so studios were throwing out all kinds of neat experiments. blame george lucas and steven spielberg for figuring out the modern blockbuster formula… i wish i had the title of the book birdwell had us read on it for film history handy, but the way the studios and cultural forces interact to shape the film industry is really fascinating.

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