I think that my point is this. I could name plenty of movies I like (from post-Sound of Music) but I could also name plenty that I don't. On the other hand I can't name hardly any movies from the pre-Sound of Music era that I am averse to for moral reasons. The biggest complaint is that Hollywood no longer echos middle America. Ambiguous views on abortion and euthanasia are a case in point. The snubbing of Mel's Passion is another case in point.
Look, I'm a big classical music lover so for some reason I sometimes like artistic things that other conservatives don't. Frankly I think "Taxi Driver" is an interesting piece of cinema. But on the whole it is undeniably decadent. It is not something I would ever sit down with my family and watch on a Friday night in. I'm not sure what it's like in France but I think the majority of American families would agree with that view. "The Godfather" is actually less impressive to me as a piece of cinema. But in the end it's still womanizing, sex, and human-life-is-cheap. Ironically it has more redeeming value than many of the movies of the 90s and this decade.
In the end what I do know is that I love Ronald Reagan dearly. And the fact that it was inspiration for such an attempt I think makes my point. The Beatles and Catcher in the Rye were pivotal in the counterculture revolution. I won't raise a finger to defend them. Nor do I entirely blame them for anything. But they were a part of the problem.
Art doesn't have to be beholden to anything. But that doesn't mean I'll watch it.