Aging Truthfully On Screen

Movies That Represent Aging Truthfully
Movie patrons wait for the showing of "Hotel Transylvania" inside the theater on Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on its last day of operation, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service theater serving airmen and their families is one of 60 across the globe that's closing because it's too expensive to switch from 35 millimeter film prints to an all-digital projection format. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)
Movie patrons wait for the showing of "Hotel Transylvania" inside the theater on Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota on its last day of operation, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service theater serving airmen and their families is one of 60 across the globe that's closing because it's too expensive to switch from 35 millimeter film prints to an all-digital projection format. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

Why are there so few movies about getting old? Maybe because we know how they have to end. It’s hard for moviegoers to suspend disbelief when they sense the Grim Reaper standing just off camera, and, besides, the commercial film industry has long recognized the profits to be had in sucking up to youth.

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