in a similar fashion to this movie, what artists do you think will appear, either as representative of contemporary cultures or as pioneers? I can think of Darren Aronofsky, Chris Nolan, and Julian Casablancas.
sharewhat a great topic! Thank you for starting it. As someone mentioned it already,i think our greats are not appreciated yet. Only time will tell. ( hopefully Bill gates and steve jobs wont be making an appearance in a movie of/in this fashion)
I had a thought the other day... some are born and will die without anyone remembering their name. But some are born and their lives and names will be remembered for centuries. It's sad how meaningless and unremarkable some of our lives are.
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If that person from 2090 landed in Detroit or Cleveland I bet they would wish to go back to 2090 fast. Paris in the 1920's was a very special place and exists no where else.
shareLil wayne will shoot that time traveller...Young Muhala baaaby
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Darren Aronofsky, Chris Nolan, and Julian Casablancas.
I seriously doubt that Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift will have any impact on people travelling through time from 100 years in the future. Granted, they are ridiculously famous, but they are waaay to generic to be considered as an influence on the future of music.
But I find it hard myself to come up with anyone who'd be the likes of Fitzgerald or Hemingway today. I agree with Tarantino and Del Toro, I would throw in Scorsese and Spielberg there aswell. Also Peter jackson, because I think Lord of the Rings is going to be a timeless classic for future generations.
As for actors, there are simply so many of them, and all the real greats are old and really a remnant from the Hollywood golden years of the late 60's and 70's, like Nicholson, De Niro, Pacino etc. I'll make an exception for Johnny Depp because of his weird and sorta mysterious persona, and Heath Ledger for the way he went out, kinda lika a modern James Dean.
As for music, I think it's been a downward spiral since the 90's and can't imagine anyone from thereon until here is going to be considered with any gravitas in the future. (Michael Jackson belongs to the 80's)
And no, Stephanie Meyer won't get a visit either. If anyone it would be J.K Rowling and (maybe) George R.R Martin, as I think A Song of Ice and Fire really is a modern fantasy masterpiece.
My five cents, thanks for reading :)
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probably spielberg, jk rowling, meryl streep, margaret atwood, and Woody Allen LOL
shareWow, the names that are thrown around here are thoroughly depressing. It just makes you realize the lack of truly great, unifying art in our current era... Christopher Nolan, seriously?
As for the place, I think maybe we are too globalized for any one place to be the hub of art in the world at this time.
The names I would suggest are probably more like Cormac MccCarthy, the Coen Bros., Paul Thomas Anderson, Tarantino, Nick Cave, but still... From the perspective of this time it really just doesn't seem like it measures up... and even those artists that I admire are generally past their true prime.
Daniel Day Lewis.
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They would have to be iconic figures that have significantly contributed to our culture today:
Quentin Tarantino, Meryl Streep, JK Rowling, Madonna, Tim Burton, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Lady Gaga, Tina Fey, Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Charlie Sheen, Morgan Freeman,Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Darren Aronofsky
I may not like all of them, but they are probably some of the most distinct personalities from the 2000s :)I think most people from this era will be forgotten quickly with time.
No no no. I am writing from the future, and I can assure you these aren't the people.
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intriguing question but it's not analogous 2 the film
paris in the 20s was a special time and place where many great artists were in tight, symbiotic relationship
a random list of today's celebrities who live far apart and have no impact on each other just does not compare
Hmm how about Michael Bay, Uwe Boll, Justin Bieber and the guys from Nickelback. Yeah that'd be a great dinnertable to be around.
I kid :)
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eseeliot, I am on the same train of thought. I think the 1960s will have a certain glamour or mystery for future generations. The event of the decade has to be the WOODSTOCK CONCERT & FESTIVAL - 1969. Writers of a different form. Protests against the Vietnam war. Women's rights and the revolution of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll. I cannot think of any other era that would be the answer to the OP question.
shareThis is a great question, and the answers (or struggle FOR answers) remind me of this article I read in the January 2012 edition of Vanity Fair where the author poses the question: Are we stuck in a creative rut?
http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2012/01/prisoners-of-style-201201
(Sorry - I don't know how to make it clicky!)
It's a really fascinating read! And a little depressing for those who really care about sweeping innovation, creativity, and design. There's really no place in the world right now like Paris in the 20s, in part because at that time Paris was THE place to be for up-and-comers. Everyone knew that was where the action was. And, thanks to the disruptions and ripple effects of WWI, society was beginning to turn upside down. It was a really fertile time in world history where there were still a lot of conventions to break and new avenues to explore. Very iconoclastic. Now, with a homogenization of world culture and technological advances that can connect two distant countries in a matter of seconds, its much harder to create those universal hot spots that everyone needs to gravitate to. And what conventions are there left to be broken? Have we strained so far that we've broken all the boundaries and found ourselves in a no-man's land? It's hard to create something new when you don't have an impetus for it.
Too bad we don't have any "salons" these days where we can grab a brandy and discuss this in depth ;). Tant pis!
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I honestly don't know. I cna't think of a single current visual artist, for example. Writers, somewhat different, others have mentioned the same names I would.
One thought that crosses my mind is that the current, and the preceding decades, will be noted for a splintering of tastes and interests in a world that facilitates more and more availability to varied users. As a perhaps poor example, 55 years ago, Ed Sullivan approached universality, because on Sunday evening, it was either Ed, or one of the other two choices in that time slot: not 499 other choices, before counting your PVR contents, your netflix options and so on.
Somewhat similar situation for music and books.
So I'm not sure there will be names that are as universally known.
What I do think is, as some have allude, such a visitor will be utterly amazed that there was a time before every typed word was vetted by both security agencies and Google, and that there was a time when not every streetlight had a surveillance camera built into it. Whether they think that's good or bad, I suppose, will depend on whether they read 1984 as a cautionary tale or a as a pattern for the developing implementation of democracy.
Apparently, dogs are wolves with Williams-Beuren Syndrome.
It's funny how many people on this thread are saying there are no great artists in this current era. Isn't that Adrianna's thought about the 1920's, and the same thing the guys in 1890 say in the movie.
Interesting that people can look back at the 60's and glamourize that era, but blow off the current era.
Isn't that the whole point of the movie!
Noting that you've replied to me, I'd point out that I said I don't know any current visual artists. That is very different from saying that there aren't any of note. So, you and I got the same 'point' out of the movie.
I do still think that the relative flood of information and choices may work against the emergence of names that are recognized as broadly as Hemmingway, Picasso, and Warhol. Although I suspect that some of the latter familiarity is as much the result of satiircal and cartoonish references, and I'm the first to admit that I may well be wrong.
Apparently, dogs are wolves with Williams-Beuren Syndrome.
It's funny how many people on this thread are saying there are no great artists in this current era. Isn't that Adrianna's thought about the 1920's, and the same thing the guys in 1890 say in the movie.
Interesting that people can look back at the 60's and glamourize that era, but blow off the current era.
Isn't that the whole point of the movie!
EXACTLY what I was thinking while reading this thread. Very good point! I guess true artists will never be fully apriciated during their prime.
shareFinally, in this post, someone gets it. In the present, we don't know who influences future generations or who is remembered for their complete life's work.
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