Now that we're more than 10 years removed from the creation of abdec and
from the rationale for creating it, the definition of classic may
warrant re-examination.
The 2004 definition, "films that were produced in the 1970s and 1980s,
which would be reviewed and referred to by such authors as Jim Holiday,
Robert Rimmer, Patrick Riley and others," relies on the opinions of
people who watched the movies on tape or in theaters and as a rule prior
to 1986. That's more than 30 years ago.
Many people inside and outside the industry think it imploded with, and
never recovered from, the advent of the VCR. Specifically, the VCR made
it so easy and so cheap to make movies that little or no movie-making
skills or investment were required.
If that's so, and there seems to be little question that it is, where do
we look for post-1985 opinions about what deserves to be called a
classic after the so-called Golden Age? Maybe "The AVN Guide to the 500
Greatest Adult Films of All Time" (2005)? Or something else?
Perhaps we just roll our own and nominate individual movies that have
stood the test of time for particular reasons (e.g., "I think 'Latex'
belongs here because...").
Or do we just let it stay the way it is?
What do you think?
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