the sound

“1950s horror movies contrast radically with their 1940s predecessors. understandably – they were reflecting a whole new world. audiences wanted stories that connected directly to their lives, to the ever-expanding technology in their homes and workplaces. they also wanted horror movies that played to their fears – stoked by politicians – of the shadows that lay beyond their immediate, personal experience of the shiny american dream (applies to some of these movies).”

THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE tobe hooper, 1974

Nintendo 3DS Guide at the Louvre

Jennifer Tilly as Tiffany in Bride of Chucky (1998)

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An artwork by Chris Drury inspired by the ice and water that shaped the landscape, incorporates a dewpond. Yorkshire Wolds, England. 

OH. YEAH I CAN DO THAT

— CHILD’S PLAY (1988)

Lionel from Animal Crossing: New Leaf

Lionel from Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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Sociologically, people stopped going to movies as much in the late 1960s / early 70s because television had really taken off, the era of the ‘tv movie’ started, so studios greenlit a lot of low budget auteur films that had to focus on meaning & relationships instead of spectacle.

This is the biggest thing, and it’s not even something most people will even realize they’re noticing. Movies became more uniform in their structure, as hollywood found the “formula” for a hit movie. It means you lose quiet, peaceful scenes that don’t fit into the pattern. That uniformity has done more to hurt the emotional tone of films than any visual effects tricks.

That outline has been followed like it’s religious dogma for the majority of Hollywood movies ever since. It’s enough that you can literally count the minutes in movies and say “ok, here comes the antagonist’s big move.”