09-03-2016, 08:05 AM
Albert Doyle Wrote:I wonder what good a course on Lubitsch is in today's age considering the quality of movies that seem to be geared to selling tickets to the urban mob.
Albert, the question of how, and if, Lubitschean values can
survive in today's world is a good one that I discuss
in detail in my book. I love his films and am paying
tribute to this great artist who is too often ignored
today, partly because of the general crassness into which
the romantic comedy genre he invented has descended. Some
filmmakers still try to emulate him with more or less
success, and I hope my book will stimulate more screenings
of his work and rediscovery of his largely unknown German
and American silent work.