00:011975
00:01was the closest America came
00:04to saying hey I got flaws too
00:06and for a brief moment
00:07cinema and pop culture was able to look at that
00:10but it was too much
00:12and we turned the hell away
00:161975
00:17crime was up, paranoia was rampant
00:20from Watergate
00:21to the bicentennial, America
00:23was having a nervous breakdown
00:25it was the nation at the crossroads
00:28told through the movies
00:29that captured its soul
00:3075 was the most important moment
00:34in the history of the film business
00:35compared to now everything was paradise
00:38people used to really like good movies
00:44movies were made back then
00:45that didn't pander to
00:47trend
00:48Jaws, all the president's men, Taxi Driver
00:51Nashville, Cuckoo's Nest Network
00:53studios let go
00:55all the old conventions wiped away
00:58and we were creating a new world
01:00it's like the veneer was taken off
01:03a certain idealism
01:05and a certain hope
01:06that we thought that we had
01:07that was extinguished
01:09the film can either put you to sleep nicely
01:12or it can wake you up
01:14people have got to know
01:15whether or not their president's a crook
01:17well I'm not a crook
01:19optimism becomes cynicism
01:21and Hollywood is reflective of that ship
01:27I like taking people into a dark theater
01:30and giving them an experience
01:31they'll never forget
01:33we want the lie
01:35because it feels good
01:36we want the heroes
01:38we want the happy ending
01:40were we living the American dream
01:42or an American nightmare
01:45the truth was more complex
01:48I wasn't observing
01:49oh here's a change in our society
01:50that was a society
01:51that's who we are
01:52the past
01:54now is looking a lot more like the future
02:02the future
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