Of course, many period pictures do. But I think it holds up well from an artistic/technical standpoint.
I say this after watching Day of the Locust and Network in the same week. Network, although a fantastic movie and timely to say the least, shows its age. It looks really 70s.
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It may look really 70s because it takes place in the 70s.
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Well, it was made in the '70s but it certainly wasn't set in the '70s. Aside from that, how interesting is it that Adore was played by the guy who went on to play super-macho, motorcycle-riding "Kelly" (Tatum's love interest) in the Bad News Bears, played "Moocher" in Breaking Away, and most recently appeared in Little Children as a sexually-troubled ex-con. I thought his peformance was really gutsy and although I recognized him from Breaking Away, I had no idea he was Adore. In fact, I thought Adore was a girl throughout the movie. (obviously a further commentary on H'wood in the 30s) Does anyone know if Adore had this ambiguity in West's book?
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I think the people posting about were talking about Network (set in the 70s). The first post mentioned seeing both in the same week.