# Movie vs 'Soap Opera' Look

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-vs-soap-opera-look/314636>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-vs-soap-opera-look/314636 "2005-07-28T20:07:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-vs-soap-opera-look/314636/21 "2005-07-30T00:59:16Z")

</div>

> [@yanceylebeef](#):
>
> (Once upon a Time in America and the latest Star Wars come to mind) and they are exceptionally clean.

You might be thinking of a different movie. Once upon a time in America debuted in 1984 (starring DeNiro and James Woods). I think you might be referencing Once upon a time in Mexico.

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-vs-soap-opera-look/314636.md?page=1)