tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post6562067457120720248..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: On the Big Screen: SUPER 8 (2011)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-38829662354915032542011-06-12T23:59:11.476-04:002011-06-12T23:59:11.476-04:00Mark, you remind me of how I felt as a Troy NY nat...Mark, you remind me of how I felt as a Troy NY native watching <i>Ironweed</i> and <i>The Age of Innocence.</i> If anything, your posiiton makes Super 8 a bigger dare for you than for most other moviegoers. Let us know what you think.<br /><br />Sam, I made a point of not trying to link scenes or ideas from Super 8 to specific Spielberg films or other contemporary movies that may have influenced Abrams's vision. Hybrid is as good a word as any for the end result, though I like synthesis because Super 8 is a dialectical film in its own crowd-pleasing way.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-51930417697310043582011-06-12T20:29:38.273-04:002011-06-12T20:29:38.273-04:00"For audiences of a certain age, it's imp..."For audiences of a certain age, it's impossible not to feel that you've seen it before, and that seems to be the point of the project."<br /><br />Indeed Samuel. Despite the formidable indeptedness, I think the Spielberg-Abrams collaborative experiment worked. There were some minor alterations on the basic premise, but these veterans know full well what will make all this bombastic work: audience affection for the central characters, and a strong feel for nostalgia. hence I reject the arguments that the film uses some ideas from other films. Whatever hybrid we have here, it works.<br /><br />Again you've enriched the literature with a wonderful essay.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-83998779689314810102011-06-12T19:22:18.360-04:002011-06-12T19:22:18.360-04:00Great review Sam, as usual. I'm hoping to see ...Great review Sam, as usual. I'm hoping to see this in the next few days. It was shot in my wife's hometown of Weirton, WV - so I hope I'm not too distracted looking for familiar sites.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715057178983752370noreply@blogger.com