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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I feel you on that, maybe its because in Europe these appear as romantic whereas in America they come across more so as campy? I bet its also reversed, I bet Americans LOVE all the European flicks y'all think of shit.
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There's a definite 'otherness' thing going on there. Like you say, a lot of Americans have a hard on for Godard, Bergman, etc. European cinema has no equivalent of a John Wayne or a Howard Hawks just as I suppose the US has no real equivalent of a Marcello Mastroianni or a Fellini.