There is almost no scene where someone is not smoking...i mean do these people get money for smoking these cigs or is it just part of the script cuz this is not normal!!!
shareBut, it actually was normal then. Cigarettes were given to U.S. soldiers as part of their kits. Don't know about other Allied forces.
I like to watch.
The DVD gag reel shows them choking and sputtering because of all the smoking they had to do. Didn't look like much fun.
shareIn the 1940 smoking was what everyone did. You actually were encouraged to smoke and there were ever commericals in the 50's that said it was good for you. Watch any OLD movie (from the 30's or 40's) and you will see all they do is smoke. They smoke making breakfast, they smoke reading a book, they smoke talking, they smoke in bed.
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I don't know about you but that movie made me want to smoke like a mutha! And I don't smoke a lick.
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This has to be a joke...
If you were any thinner, you wouldn't exist.
I agree, just stupid with all the smoking. People were also going to the toilet a lot those days, why didn't they show that? Just as important.
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Smoking is a social affair oftentimes, and film shows people in society and relationships for the most part. Going to toilet is seldom ever more than a singular venture.
By the way, this film sucked hard for reasons apart from the smoking.
We do see Dylan 'toileting' on the floor in the film (disgusting!)
And, when William helps Dylan out in the alley, he tells Dylan he is 'lying in piss'.
We also see Caitlin and Vera talking together in a restroom.
So, there ARE 'potty' references in the film.
I also don't see why there should be toileting scenes in the film because smoking is shown in the film.
The characters are also seen doing lots of drinking in the film.
Is there a problem with that, too?
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Presumably because not many important conversations/discoveries happen in the bathroom (where you are usually alone) ... Plot developments would normally happen in the company of other people (i.e. social situations) where, to reflect historical accuracy, it was commonplace to smoke back then!
Revisionism is absurd.
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The smoking shows the context of the film, it's realistic. People chainsmoked back then because it was thought to be good for you, to clear your chest and cure coughs. It's just as important as the clothing they wear in terms of being realistic to the time in which it was set. It's nothing to get upset about, you can't get second hand smoke from a tv screen ;)
shareI don't know how old you are, but the smoking shown in the film was by no means as heavy as people really did smoke back then, and up to the late 60's, when taxation became heavier. People smoked EVERYWHERE but in church, and even churches had people outside the door having a quick one. Hospital wards, restaurants, pubs, offices, banks, shops, supermarkets, buses, trains, even the doctor's waiting rooms. When someone pulled out a pack of cigarettes, it was customary to hand them round and anyone who refused was considered a party pooper. Walls soon acquired a coating of yellow grime from the smoke.
When I was in the military serving overseas we got a free allowance of 100 really cheap and awful Woodbines cigarettes every week, aka coffin nails. They came in tins and had been stored since WW2. We also got a ration of better cigarettes tax free up to four cartons a month. At parties in the mess there would be boxes of cigarettes on the table. Some people even smoked while eating! It was not unusual to see a cook with a cig hanging out of the corner of his mouth while cooking.
Things have changed a lot now, but many hospitals and offices still have seating outside for smokers.
You're right though and even the deep accentuated inhales were prominent. Also, the tobacco industry does pay the entertainment industry to feature their products.
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