[sully777]

Your comment on the supposed "Golden Age" of film reminds me that for every classic film in the era there were 1000 B-movies, serial adventures, and badly acted Bible flicks that were beyond cliche.

There are 100s if not 1000s of classics in the modern era: Off the top of my head The Godfather, A Few Good Men, Unforgiven, The Shining, etc..

IMO, Caines is telling stories out of class.

[George W. Bush]

Your comment on the supposed "Golden Age" of film reminds me that for every classic film in the era there were 1000 B-movies, serial adventures, and badly acted Bible flicks that were beyond cliche.

How about Queen of Outer Space? Or Plan 9? Or some of those real stinkers, eh?

Caine's just succumbed to Good Ol' Days syndrome. (As in 'the good ol' days when I was young and had hopes and everything was fresh and exciting.')

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Well, remember too that before TV, movies were the main form of entertainment. This was the era of the neighborhood theater and the studios had to crank out product that could be made cheaply and shown to as many people as possible. Those cheapo flicks were bread and butter for a lot of actors during the Great Depression.

Of course that's not to take anything away from the truly talented actors and directors of today. I enjoyed Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander, for example.