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“Hollywood is essentially in the business of not making movies,” said Henry Finder, editorial director of The New Yorker. “They only make a movie when they run out of reasons not to make it.”
—That's just an A+ quote.
this is the kind of (online) article that affirms print media:
" Hey look, Brad Pitt, there’s this really cool story that was in Vanity Fair or Rolling Stone."
imagine trying to pitch something from a blog or online-only entity (text Brad a link?)
@Ma.K.
Well, we are not far from the day when movies are inspired by viral blog posts, so…
@brianvan Wasn't that "Shit My Dad Says" based on a blog/tweet/somethin' or other?
Really. It would take Socrates to argue against making Fast and Furious 5.
@BadUncle As soon as you get to "The Rock throws Vin Diesel through a fucking wall", you'd look up and realize you blacked out for six months and made the movie while you were in a joy-coma.
It works for Congress, too!
Still doesn't explain Blues Brothers 2000.
So I guess "because it will be a bad movie" is not one of the reasons they take into consideration.
@Choire, no need to look up WWD for A+ money
quotes on Hollywood's ways and means—by way of
The New Yorker or otherwise. Next time, just ask me,
and I'll supply a suitable paraphrase of what Henry
Finder, or whoever, aims to say a month later. Like
this topical quote of mine of July 21, 2011 1:49 pm
in The Dabbler:
[…] Hollywood is a strange place, a one-industry
town—which is not the cinematography—but
making money. For everybody up and down
the chain, including the bottom-feeders […]
Is it culturally hegemonic for me to blame other countries for the shitty, shitty movies we export?
@deepomega But you're Honor, China was asking for a little black kid and Jackie Chan martial arts flicks. China said she wanted it!
Works for watching movies too.
It's really best if you just accept that the film industry is the financial industry for the west coast. That's fine! It serves a purpose! You can nibble around it and still do good work. But never pretend it's something it's not.