📅 23.06.2026 04:19

I grew up at a time when films were just starting to be made actively. I grew up in the USSR and now I watch both old and new films. I've begun to notice that old films or cartoons were made and shot very well — in terms of plot, staging, and overall quality. Despite the fact that there were no technologies like 3D, AI, and so on. Everything was shot on film, and cartoons were drawn by hand.

Interestingly, this applies not only to Soviet films. In different countries, I think the situation in this sphere is similar.

I tried to understand why they turned out to be so good and high-quality in essence in the 70s and 80s, and so far I've come to only one conclusion: at that time it was seen as art, people were passionate about the idea, they enjoyed creating something new. And now it has increasingly turned into business, and there is no inspiration to create something for the sake of the idea. They do it only for money, which is why many films or cartoons come out somewhat formulaic nowadays.

What do you think, why did it turn out this way?