Maybe it's just the people I hang around with, but it seems like the appeal of some films - "Fight Club" and the "Big Lebowski" come to mind - are tailing off. "Pulp Fiction" still seems to get watched (and sometimes even "Army of Darkness.")
And is anybody still doing the Time Warp?
2006-11-01 10:20:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Yes, it happens. I have seen a lot of movies I used to like in the nineties and I have found myself getting bored of them. It is like each decade add some new films and drop some old ones. Pulp fiction is the typical example for me.
2006-11-01 10:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by wazup1971 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not one bit man, you have to generate the interest if you feel like your circle of friends aren't keeping the undergound, grittiy alure of raw talented film makers alive. Yes, some movies do take higher perssidence then others but as long as there is an underdog in this world their will be the cult films like Clearks, Gattaca, most John Waters films and the like.
I personaly can't stand Army of Darkenss, I would rather Phantasam. Creepy as all get out.
And of course people are still doing the Time Warp. Again and again and agian.
2006-11-01 18:29:18 · answer #2 · answered by newrenaiss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe that its mainly the people you hang with. it seems that where i live the works of john waters, sam raimi, monty python, etc. live on...and my friends and i can never get enough of fight club, big lebowski, pulp fiction, and army of darkness. as for rocky horror, there are midnite showings everytime you turn around. you failed to mention how you personally feel about these movies. to bring this to a close, a true cult film will have an indefinite "shelf life" because it will have the ability to touch each generation on some level.
2006-11-01 18:37:14 · answer #3 · answered by cb 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are probably fashions for cult movies, so they will drop off in popularity. There is a limit to the number of times you can watch a movie. Rocky Horror may be an exception because watching that is more about the audience than the movie.
However, like clothing fashions, cult movies will come back into fashion as new generations discover them. An example might be the Universal horror movies that nobody wanted to see for years. Recent re-releases of Antonioni's 'The Passenger' and Godards 'Sympathy for the Devil' are also examples.
Remember also that cult movies by definition will not be popular with all audiences. How do you measure their popularity. Is it the amount of people who enjoy them or the degree of enjoyment they give the people who watch them (thats enough philosophy).
2006-11-01 18:37:14 · answer #4 · answered by Jim T 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Old films from the thirties and forties are getting ruined because of the shelf life of the film. I saw something on TV a few years ago where old classics are dissolving and the film is ruined. Perhaps newer film is not affected in this manner.
2006-11-01 18:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really. Older films like the original "Little Shop Of Horrors", "Peeping Tom" , and "Death Race 2000" still have pretty strong cults out there. "Eraserhead", "Pink Flamingos", "Wizards", "Hard Boiled", "Deep Throat", "Monty Python & the Holy Grail", "Pink Floyd: the Wall", and, yes, "Rocky Horror" retain their loyal fan bases to this day.
2006-11-01 20:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by heargodlaugh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there are people who are still into cult films...
And yes, there are still people out there who do the Time Warp...
Hate to say it, but I do myself... :)
2006-11-01 18:25:16 · answer #7 · answered by sketch667 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so...they're classics to me.
My favs are the old Kevin Smith Movies (especially Clerks).
2006-11-01 18:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by {{birthday girlie}} 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋