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Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Are they? Do modern writers and directors need to care about 60 year old war movies to make their art?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 48 minutes ago (1 children)

First of all, yes they should. But second, 60 year old war movies aren't the only kind of film that exists...

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 minutes ago

They're the only kind of film referenced as an example in the article.