[lbo-talk] why movies suck

dredmond at efn.org dredmond at efn.org
Wed Nov 18 16:32:16 PST 2009


On Wed, November 18, 2009 12:51 pm, magcomm wrote:


> That is really the big difference: directors in the studio
> system could amass enough power to make the films they wanted to make. Now
> directors are brought in as part of a package, and the stars are the major
> attraction.

True, and that's one of the reasons today's 3D videogames are so good -- studio artists have an astounding degree of freedom over their aesthetic material.

Interestingly, this autonomy is also why so many of the great postcolonial films are so good -- other culture-industries have far less power to police their media artists.

-- DRR



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