Why watch an old movie if you're not a bore. Telling in the Caretaker podcast

Thinking back to classic comedies and musicals, and explaining why some films are good even after decades.

Pictures that came out 50, or even 70 years ago, were shot in a slightly different way. The actors play more theatrically, the pace of the story is slower, and the picture quality is lower. Because of this, some viewers believe that there is no point in watching old movies. Lifehacker's film critic Aleksey Khromov explains with simple examples why the classics can be of interest to the modern viewer and how knowledge of films of the past helps to understand new works.

01:20 - why the film "There are only girls in jazz" is not outdated. How the famous remake was created that surpassed the original.

04:07 - what did the audience remember the "Gold Rush" with the participation of Charlie Chaplin and how it was copied in the film "Chapaev".

05:25 - why "Citizen Kane" is not only a great movie, but just an exciting detective story.

07:13 - how Federico Fellini's films help to get to know Italy.

07:45 - why fans of musicals should definitely watch the classics.

09:05 - what westerns of the sixties of the last century are worth paying attention to.

10:33 - how modern cinema quotes the classics and why all Tarantino fans need to watch old films.

13:33 - why Martin Scorsese invited middle-aged actors to appear in "Irishman" and how it relates to his previous work.

What to see on the topic? We've compiled the movies that were mentioned in the podcast:

• «Only girls in jazz", Directed by Billy Wilder, 1959.
• «Golden fever", Directed by Charles Chaplin, 1925.
• "Chapaev", directors - Georgy Vasiliev, Sergei Vasiliev, 1934.
• «Citizen Kane", Directed by Orson Welles, 1941.
• "The Seal of Evil" directed by Orson Welles, 1958.
• Rome, directed by Federico Fellini, 1972.
• "La Dolce Vita", director - Federico Fellini, 1960.
• West Side Story, directed by Robert Wise, Jerome Robbins, 1961.
• «Cherbourg umbrellas", Directed by Jacques Demi, 1964.
• Grease, directed by Randal Kleizer, 1978.
• Cabaret, directed by Bob Fossey, 1972.
• The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, directed by Sergio Leone, 1966.
• Django, directed by Sergio Corbucci, 1966.
• The Magnificent Seven, directed by John Sturges, 1960.
• «Seven samurai", Directed by Akira Kurosawa, 1954.
• The Nice Guys, directed by Martin Scorsese, 1990.
• "Casino", directed by Martin Scorsese, 1995.
• «Irishman", Directed by Martin Scorsese, 2019.

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