"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations." (Orson Welles)
Movies of yesteryear had more limitations, so filmmakers were creative with how they portrayed certain scenes. Hitchcock brought terror to his audience without showing graphic violence or gore. And in D.W. Griffith's silent film, Way Down East (1920), no crude language or vulgar images were necessary for the audience to grasp the meaning of a scoundrel's hand on an innocent girl's knee.
Too many of today's filmmakers buy into a no-holds-barred-push-the-envelope mentality and fall short in the creative department.
If filmmakers combined today's technology with yesteryear's stricter codes, we could have some incredibly creative films.
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