{"id":2902,"date":"2023-06-21T08:48:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T15:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2023-06-21T08:48:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T15:48:31","slug":"what-classic-movie-best-captures-the-usa-right-now-breaking-away-obvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2023\/06\/what-classic-movie-best-captures-the-usa-right-now-breaking-away-obvs\/","title":{"rendered":"What classic movie best captures the USA right now? Breaking Away, obvs&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/06\/20\/opinion\/maureen-dowd-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.html\">New York Times<\/a><\/em> asked 17 columnists to choose a single work. Maureen Dowd chose <em>Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em>, David French chose <em>Arrival<\/em> (great film, though I&#8217;m not entirely convinced as an answer to this question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, and truly this is not hometown bias, the winner is a 1979 film that saw coming the divides that curse us in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breaking Away - Mike\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PSZDsHAObqc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I reckon Mike is in his early 60s around now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times asked 17 columnists to choose a single work. Maureen Dowd chose Invasion of the Body Snatchers, David French chose Arrival (great film, though I&#8217;m not entirely convinced as an answer to this question. But, and truly this is not hometown bias, the winner is a 1979 film that saw coming the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issues","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dIW5-KO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1320,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2014\/06\/film-tax-credits-jobs-and-lost-incomes\/","url_meta":{"origin":2902,"position":0},"title":"Film tax credits, jobs, and lost incomes","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"June 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning artsjournal.com links to yet another chapter in the endless series of different states, provinces and countries deciding how much in tax credits ought to be granted to commercial film and television production, because: jobs. I recently posted re Maryland here. Today, Hollywood Reporter, er, reports: the California Film\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"issues","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/the-last-picture-show-poster.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1067,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2014\/02\/today-in-film-tax-credits\/","url_meta":{"origin":2902,"position":1},"title":"Today in film tax credits (Updated December 2, 2014)","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"February 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It never ends: production companies asking for, and getting, tax credits for local production when the economic case is cloudy, to say the least. The Washington Post reports: A few weeks before\u00a0Season 2 of \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d\u00a0debuted online, the show\u2019s production company sent Maryland Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley\u00a0a letter with this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"issues","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"created six thousand jobs","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Maryland-film-tax-credit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2173,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2017\/02\/ideas-and-free-speech-on-campus\/","url_meta":{"origin":2902,"position":2},"title":"Ideas, and free speech, on campus","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"February 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I was once a censor. Years ago, I was Dean of the school of fine arts on a Canadian university campus. The school had a degree program in film production, a somewhat free-wheeling operation. One day a parent of a twelve-year old phoned me, to say she had found in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"issues","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"order","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Cameron-speaks-duri-012-848x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Cameron-speaks-duri-012-848x445.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Cameron-speaks-duri-012-848x445.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/David-Cameron-speaks-duri-012-848x445.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2014\/03\/what-is-a-movie-star-worth\/","url_meta":{"origin":2902,"position":3},"title":"What is a movie star worth?","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"March 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Is there pay discrimination against female movie stars? Helaine Olen at Reuters thinks so. She writes: Why should we begrudge [Robert] Downey a $50 million payday for\u00a0The Avengers? The film brought in $1.5 billion globally. Downey\u2019s take was a mere 3 percent of the haul. However ... Hunger Games\u00a0producers first\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;issues&quot;","block_context":{"text":"issues","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"don't forget to negotiate a share of foreign box office","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/katniss-and-gale-katniss-everdeen-32304856-900-600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/katniss-and-gale-katniss-everdeen-32304856-900-600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/katniss-and-gale-katniss-everdeen-32304856-900-600.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/katniss-and-gale-katniss-everdeen-32304856-900-600.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1310,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/worth\/2014\/05\/why-tax-breaks-for-commercial-theatre\/","url_meta":{"origin":2902,"position":4},"title":"Why tax breaks for commercial theatre?","author":"Michael Rushton","date":"May 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Stage reports (and I repost the story in full here): Tax breaks for the theatre industry to be introduced this autumn could bring in \u00a3100 million for commercial theatre and \u00a320 million for touring productions in coming years, Arts Council England\u2019s chair PeterBazalgette has said. 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