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In your opinion, what makes a movie a “classic”?
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September 8th, 2020
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I’ve been discussing this with people on a TCM fan page on Facebook, and many of them think that 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s movies shouldn’t be played on TCM. I argued that the general definition of a classic is a film that’s highly influential, so in theory even a movie from the 90’s such as Beauty & the Beast can be considered a classic.
Well, that irritated a lot of people and one person even mentioned that they define a classic as anything released before the 1960’s, which I think is absolutely ridiculous. I replied by saying that Alien from 1979 is more of a classic than a forgotten comedy from the 40’s that got a bad reception from critics and audiences. What are your thoughts?
And do you think this is just a matter of semantics?
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