In Reply to: Is Pollack right? posted by Victor Khomenko on October 7, 2003 at 07:02:34:
has happened in Hollywood. He' s partially correct about attention span, but the advent of the blockbuster, coupled with the disastrous writers' strike several years ago has played a larger roll in eroding Hollywood "bighouse" quality.
Something similar happened years ago in popular music; the major labels invested so much in contracts to aging superstars that nothing was left over to nurture and promote young, promising musicians.
BTW, since you mentioned M. Mastroiaini: I think Bill Murray, in Lost in Translation, does a pretty good imitation...
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Follow Ups
- He's blaming the public for what - tinear 15:13:51 10/07/03 (3)
- Well, you can only blame Hollywood for wanting to make more money - Victor Khomenko 16:09:40 10/07/03 (2)
- I studied psychology in college as a major, then a minor for several years, and I was - tinear 16:50:49 10/07/03 (1)
- PR is the thing isn't it? - edta 17:56:11 10/12/03 (0)