I still find it fascinating, just how many great movies were made during the “Hays Code” era as opposed to the great movies made in a similar period since the code was cast aside.
Of course, todays moves have a much stricter code to follow.
The Political Correct Code.
Boy is that true. Every question asked in film today has an utterly predictable political correct answer.
My guess is that it has something to do with boundaries and restrictions, which innately forces a kind of discipline on artists to be more creative. Artists loathe boundaries, but without them, they more often than not flail and wind up pleasing no one but themselves.
It’s not lost on me that most of America’s cultural heights coincided with the years the Hays Code was in effect.
Today’s kiss is 2 people slamming their open mouth together.