Like and subscribe if you'd like to see more video essays about movies. Support me on Patreon! Benefits include early access, exclusive vlogs, and more: https://www.patreon.com/eyebrowcinema 0:00 - Introduction 5:38 - How Do We Deal with Old Movies? 17:25 - The Searchers 30:08 - Historical Narcissism & Enjoying the Problematic 34:16 - Tone & Framing 39:23 - What Do We Do? Engaging with film history also means engaging with the problematic. How do we deal with old movies which espouse offensive values and ideologies? This video essay addresses and complicates this question, drawing film film historians, critics, and disparate works from The Searchers to Mae West to James Bond to Gone with the Wind to Dirty Harry (and more!) Artwork by Brooke Spencer Filmography: https://letterboxd.com/eyebrowcinema/list/how-do-we-deal-with-old-movies-filmography/ Works Cited: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1edaEAWTEMuEim1i2VLrhox9Ff0ErYxnIPe3HRbSf10U/edit?usp=sharing Music Featured: Symphony No. 1 - Hope? by Steve Combs sednoseteres by Hinterheim Setup With An E by Small Colin Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music 69 Bronco by DJ Williams AnaCaptainslogue by Noir Et Blanc Vie Dream Escape by The Tides Anomalous Hedges by The Mini Vandals Running Waters by Audionautix Both Flanks by Small Colin Night Music by Kevin MacLeod Blacksmith by Godmode End of the Trip by Komiku The Empty Moons of Jupiter by DivKid More Eyebrow Cinema: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y43FkzocueY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDz6Yq1VvUE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvQJohoKujo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCvz5OQhcHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yM1aEY90jw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9UFjYqlzVU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBLsmZ1PNrA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asV-F4URl1I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIXVNKiuxRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeeVpizBodc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q603AOnR1ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1iAt9E696E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxMuRfh35tM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj8_s3U2l2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-lG3U6QZ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zLmAtvEpI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDssdiXddLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCPMlynZnuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS-tAU8x4Jc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im2e4gPtIxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19TB-6j1AA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V2Hyq546gE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiV-bOulZl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_lRIP8AkXM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tyznXp7-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_W823JT5Bs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko492zTs9xs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGhsxpsXgF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0VjWs6aivw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsdMCujvmMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI3Obe0tiDU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP9EDhntal4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3W_qrWdewE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjDNtwh2i5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhSzq4-FA3g