It's that time again. TCM's month of Oscar-winning movies, but most of the more obscure films are getting lousy placement.
Movies like the Seven Samurai which was shown at three in the morning. Tonight was TCM's "premiere" of Burton's Batman, and it got a 10:15 PM timeslot. Even James Cameron's Aliens should get a better ranking than half past midnight.
Why are all these great films, which TCM usually only shows once a year anyway, get these bad times? Is it because they're too "modern" for TCM? Or because they're not done by Hitchcock? I enjoy the occassional "modern" movie on TCM, like Beetlejuice, while it still retains the dignity that AMC has lost years ago.
But it seems that TCM is far more cautious with the more current films they show. TCM, please treat your more modern "classics" with the same respect as you do with your usual movies and occassional art/foriegn film.
(No, seriously. TCM once showed Beetlejuice, widescreen and everything. I'm not making it up.)
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