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\u201cI\u2019m not interested in this movie. It\u2019s old.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a part time high school substitute, I\u2019ve heard many students express this sentiment when I\u2019ve played them a video left by their teacher. One popular variant goes, \u201cBut it\u2019s in black and white!\u201d For many of these kids, films are viewed more like newspapers than drama, music, or literature: the movie is only good when it is fresh off the presses.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are notable exceptions to this. Some films like Star Wars and Indiana Jones have an enduring quality, but on the whole I believe most movies leave our cultural conscience after a few years\u2013barring a sequel. In this sense, our culture seems to have managed to take a medium that is not consumable and turn it into a consumable good.<\/p>\n

With DVD rental services like Netflix <\/a>and Blockbuster Online<\/a>, we have great access not just to the latest releases, but also classic films. One of the real benefits of these services is that they can help us to think of film in a much broader way than merely this week\u2019s releases.<\/p>\n

Part of our calling is to think on things which are good and worthy of praise, not just new things. While excellent movies continue to be released, there are a lot of older films which are also worthy of our viewing and praise. Here are a few of my Netflix\/Blockbuster suggestions. Naturally, this is very far from a complete list of great classic films, but it is a place to start:<\/p>\n