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LouvrePigeon — 7 months ago(August 17, 2025 05:04 PM)
Funny you say this considering one of the examples, Ben Hur, is one of the
highest grossing movies of all time in France
. Also is one the highest grossing lists of Germany, Italy, and UK the other "intellectually sophisticated" countries of Europe Also wait till you see whats the highest grossing movie in France's box office charts my friend! -
dbentley666 — 7 months ago(August 17, 2025 05:37 PM)
You probably think this is a disingenuous argument, but I'd say the French (and the Italians, even more) have a weakness for American crap (think the spaghetti Western and all those Italian muscle movies starring some American ass on steroids), that doesn't really indicate respect so much as a kind of slumming. Many French are almost embarrassed by their rep as intellectuals and think they're being "real" when they revel in camp and American sentimentalism. Besides, the French are famously in bad shape physically, and love all the bronzed bodies on display in movies like Ben Hur.
Deep down, they know they have (or had) intellectuals like Sartre and Francois Truffaut who are at the very top….