I looked at the list of the movies that "made us"...
And the title of this series is a lie.
I think of the exchange from "No Country...":
Llewelyn: Is Carson Welles there?
Anton: Not in the sense that *you* mean.
These are NOT movies that were intended, from conception to execution, to "make" anyone.
Truth-be-told, it could be said that they range in quality in this regard, but they're hardly exemplars of movies which endeavored to shape society, or even did so as a side-effect.
Some of them are peerless examples of films that showcase what happens when producers take pains to ensure that their movies absolutely will NOT "make" anyone; that is, impart lessons about values beyond facile rehashes of reflexive, mainstream, middle-American "values".
So, in short, the title of the series insults the intelligence of thinking consumers of filmed narrative.
And the title of this series is a lie.
I think of the exchange from "No Country...":
Llewelyn: Is Carson Welles there?
Anton: Not in the sense that *you* mean.
These are NOT movies that were intended, from conception to execution, to "make" anyone.
Truth-be-told, it could be said that they range in quality in this regard, but they're hardly exemplars of movies which endeavored to shape society, or even did so as a side-effect.
Some of them are peerless examples of films that showcase what happens when producers take pains to ensure that their movies absolutely will NOT "make" anyone; that is, impart lessons about values beyond facile rehashes of reflexive, mainstream, middle-American "values".
So, in short, the title of the series insults the intelligence of thinking consumers of filmed narrative.