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Originally Posted by truncated
I'm too lazy to read this entire thread.
Has anyone mentioned James Cameron? Because, despite some shit on his resume, as far as 'popular' films go, the man is a fucking genius.
I think it takes a lot more talent to create a film that is universally appealing than an "artsy" flick, to be honest. It's easy to be obscure, because you don't have to answer to anyone. When you've got to appeal to basic human emotions, and you're beholden to the masses, there's a lot more effort and finesse required.
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A lot of people said that is why Hitchcock was so good. But I think at this point the movie industry has turned into such a well oiled machine that a movie's success is often very heavily related to marketing. Not to say that Psycho's success wasn't related to marketing Alfred Hitchcock purposefully made it seem like the movie was about the girl that gets killed in the shower, and wanted everyone going into the movie to be convinced of that, making the shower scene so riveting, and making the movie "must see". But that was all Hitchcock and part of his personality, wanting to challenge the audience.