Devil Wears Prada 2 outgrosses the original worldwide
“The Devil Wears Prada 2” opened in theaters last wk with $233 million globally. Women made up 76% of the aud. But only 12% of those were < 25. This doesn’t surprise me! They likely have little or no awareness of a 2006 movie bc it was made before they were born buttondown.com/NinaWatchesE...
When entities encourage us to exist disconnected from lives and artistic output that came before us, we become that much easier to manipulate The world can become a very small place if you only interact with — only think about, and seek to encounter — things that were made during your lifetime
My son's girlfriend is on a mission to watch all the Oscar Best Picture winners and nominees. I was so impressed by that. They both have extensive film knowledge and they both have recent BFAs in film so...
My theory? Podcasts and video essays do a lot of heavy lifting for young audiences' discovery for older art right now. I've had a lot of friends ask me about classic or more obscure movies that i'm often surprised they even know of, only to find out its because it was the subject of a youtube essay