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Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott: “Safety Last!” Turns 100
Bill Newcott celebrates the 100th anniversary of the movie that launched actor Harold Lloyd to superstardom.
Harold Lloyd in Safety Last! (Wikimedia Commons)
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Oops! I was responding to Bob and I wrote “Jon.” But Jon, thanks for writing, as well!!!
Bob, thanks for your kind comments. I share your love for the films of Perter Bogdanovich, who I had the pleasure to interview several, years ago. I told him I admired his much-maligned musical “At Long Last Love,” and he responded, “Well, that actually wasn’t very good…”
Thanks Jon for your comments. This film is far more advanced for 1923 than anything we have now being 100 years later, without question.
Thanks Mr. Newcott for your insights into this incredible movie. I also wish to see the whole thing, and will appreciate it that much more because of this. Bob, I feel exactly the same way you do, and millions of us do that have no voice. The movies are in a destroyed state there’s no coming back from. Occasionally some good stuff on Netflix or FX. Mad Men is a great example, but I can’t imagine that being made today. I never saw a bad movie from Bogdanovich. Paper Moon is my favorite too.
I want to see this film in its entirety. Thank you for honoring this film on such a milestone anniversary. Modern audiences have no business or right to be “condescending” about this or most films made before the total garbage digital/CGI crap we’ve had for so many years.
They’re also too immature, ignorant and out and out stupid to appreciate such a masterpiece. It doesn’t have non-stop pyrotechnic and ‘galactic’ crutches that have destroyed most films. Most modern filmmakers (with exceptions like the late Peter Bogdanovich) are on the level of their audiences. Get the garbage in the can and get it overseas as quickly as possible for quick profits.
The 50th anniversary of ‘Paper Moon’ is coming up shortly. I’d love to see a video about that film. Talk about a film that couldn’t/wouldn’t be made today. You’d actually have to have a knowledge of history, be intelligent, and basic comprehension to sit, watch and be able to focus on what used to be a normal films!