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 a nation at the crossroads
00:28told through the movies that captured
00:30its soul. 75
00:31was the most important moment
00:34in the history of the film business. Compared to
00:36now, everything was paradise
00:38People used to really like good movies
00:44Movies were made back then
00:45that didn't pander to trend
00:48Jaws, All the President's Men
00:50Taxi Driver, Nashville
00:51Cuckoo's Nest Network
00:54Studios Let Go
00:55All the old conventions wiped away
00:58And we were creating
00:59a new world
01:00It's like the veneer was taken off
01:03A certain idealism
01:05and a certain hope that we thought that we had
01:07that was extinguished
01:09The film can either put you to sleep
01:11nicely, or it can wake you up
01:14People have got to know whether or not
01:16their 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
01:40Are 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
02:14what do you find
02:16down the different ways
02:16that sometimes your dreams
02:16and your dreams
02:16dirty
02:16You can't hurt
02:17To any more
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