Re: [OM] OT Movies, TV and the USA

[James Royall]

Hmm. Not sure I agree with you on this once. I would have said that 
films used to be close to 90 mins in length but now typically are so 
bloated and overblown that they can't be cut to less than two hours and 
often run to much, much more. Tarantino's Kill Bill couldn't even be 
edited down enough to fit into one film and is being released as two. 
The worse bit is that the films often have absolutely no reason for 
being as long as they are and are not any better for it.
James
BTW What did Thomas More do that might have offended the king?



On 8 Dec 2003, at 14:26, Alienspecimen wrote:

> I have an interesting observation:
> "In the old times" the movies were about two hours long.
> Now the movies are usually shorter than 1 and 1/2 hour.
> This "allows" you to see the crap that one or several generous 
> corporations put out in form of commercials and "stretch" it to 
> exactly 2hrs.
> Even if I am off, should not be too far...:)
> Boris
>
> This hath not offended the king.
>
> Sir Thomas More (at his execution)
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com
> The most personalized portal on the Web!
>
> < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
> < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >

< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >