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Has the Internet sped up re-evaluation of films?


Do you feel that the breakneck speed of the web means movies that, before, used to take maybe a decade or more to gain some sort of appreciation or understanding, but get them in a fraction of that time?

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I don't, but I'm an older person and maybe not giving it enough credit. I never stream or download films but certainly that and the DVD before it make viewing more films possible than in the past. Videocassettes were bulky and failure prone and of course before that it was really hard to see films more than once or twice that weren't on TV frequently.

Are you talking about word of mouth popularity or more of film discussions on chat boards like this one? I'm surprised that this board is so dead otherwise.

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It's hard to say

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I feel it has. Movies unknown become common knowledge with fans sharing names or piping ones interest. It helped many films find an audience. Also the web helps is find them more easily even if out of print or never released.

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