Determining Factors that Categorize a Movie as Classic
A classic film is a piece of work that is very unique
because it is either a
work that has a certain type of filming techniques, powerful directing, or
acting ability that is so good that it looks natural. More importantly, it is a
work that connects with the subconscious of the audience. It is a work than can
be viewed by different generations, and it still touches the soul of the people
watching it.
Even though "The Jazz Singer" in 1927 was not the first talkie, it left a
dramatic impression on the minds of the people that watched it. The movie was
produced by Warner Brothers, and starred a notable musician Al Jolson. It was a
movie that for the first time had speaking parts that made the dramatic action,
with lively songs that made it a musical too. "The Jazz Singer" propelled the
desire for the American public audience to see more of movies with talking, and
dramatics woven into the story. Al Jolson's career was launched toward several
sequels, and in 1927 it was a rare thing for an African American to have a shot
at anything, but Hollywood provided it for him, and others. In a way it was the
first music video, and it left a spell binding magic on the audience.
In 1930 a war movie with political and anti war statements were embraced by the
public. "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) was based on a book, and filmed
as an epic on the back lots, and country of California. It was based around a
true story of a German boy that had experienced WWI up close and personal.
American audiences were very accepting of its strong anti war message, and the
impact that it made on the lives of families in the U.S. Many that did make it
home were disfigured and crippled, with a government that was indifferent at
best. The harsh environment of trench warfare is still watched today on the
movie screen, and its scenes captivate people.
Audiences were fascinating with the first full-length cartoon film in 1937 when
Disney produced "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". It held a lot of firsts for
the filmgoers, and they marveled at the new technology for its grand debut.
Several cameras were used to give the audience an illusion of depth on the
silver screen. Also, the on screen characters were not all fanciful creatures,
but now it included human characters for them to see. The movie was a wonderful
entertainment for families with kids that were too young to be read a Grimm's
fairy tale because it was violent and held a lot of sexual implications in the
books. The technology and story line won the audience over, and it is ranked as
a pure classic of innovation and imagination.
"High Noon" in 1952 is a classic American Western. Starring Gary Cooper the
movie hit a nerve with the audience because it centered on a marshal that was
forced to defend a town after his retirement. It did not matter how well he had
defended the town's people after years of service to them, everywhere he turned
he could not find any love or loyalty. Each one had an excuse about why they
could not help him, and in the end it was one man against a deranged killer from
his past. It was a man that believed in duty and honor. Interestingly, the movie
is paralleled to the war in Korea, and the witch-hunt of the Communist scare.
American audiences loved the movie because they knew emotionally what it was
like in their own lives to be abandoned.
There were a lot of other movies that define classic, such as "Gone with the
Wind", "Citizen Kane", and later "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967. In the 1970s "Star
Wars" was a technological feat for its time. In the end it can be said that what
makes a movie great is as individual as the movie. People though connect with
personal issues that have not been discussed, or recognized by society in
general. They appreciate new viewpoints and technology that entertain them, and
they love a classic that tells in some way the story of life.
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