The exhibitor magazines bear out what Elizabeth is saying. Right after WWI
they exploded in size, doubling and tripling in size as the market for
movies greatly increased.
Oddly, the Great Depression caused a second great boom for the studios, as
hard times and high unemployment meant way more peo
Just to clarify one thing...
Hollywood has had its eye on international markets since ***the end
of World War I*** when the European industries were decimated by war
and silent films were easy to export -- just change the
intertitles. (The stats showing the US dominance of European screens
a
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Very good post. Even when the truth is hiding in plain sight, it's easy to
look at things from an
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>>I saw the Muppet Movie and Rise of the Planet of the Apes and those
>were wonderful films. TV is the great competitor especially with
>larg
; theatrical experience as a major entertainment event.
>>>
>>> Once upon a time a motion picture was available only on 35mm in multiple,
>>> heavy metal reels and cans. Now that same film can be stored and watched on
>>> a tiny, thin storage disc that could get
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin seriously forbids the impetus to
talk, text, chat and generally be obnoxious in their theaters.
They run a short piece before the film begins telling to be silent
and keep your cell phones dark during the film. You get one
warning. Then you're ejected. They do
etal reels and cans. Now that same film can be stored and watched on
>> a tiny, thin storage disc that could get lost in your pocket. As technology
>> increases, the need for archaic means of film distribution and exhibition --
>> which has remained essentially unchanged for more than a cent
as to make crappy films, but that
seems to be a by-product of making films as marketing deals rather
than as story telling vehicles.
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be a by-product of making films as marketing deals rather
than as story telling vehicles.
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that they can relate to onscreen and call their own. I'm not saying that
> means that Hollywood has to make crappy films, but that seems to be a
> by-product of making films as marketing deals rather than as story telling
> vehicles.
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rather than as story telling vehicles.
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http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/53195051-79/billi
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Captain Blood
A Raisin In The Sun
Downfall
...great "old" films.
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http://www.slt
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My thinking is that most current movies aren't very good, and that they are
too expensive, too much trouble to go to, and there are a million good
alternatives that are far cheaper and just as entertaining. Many
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