Was it for Independence Day specifically that Hollywood wanted to find a way to kill indie? Or is it just a symptom of a greater dis-ease?
Hollywood once was a city of dreams, but they have been making a different bed for some time now — and everyone knows it is draped in spreadsheets. Yet, as evidenced by some recent statements, they too can still dream, and sometimes even of slaying the beast and recognizing what they really want.
Conspiracies are such a pleasure, because
I got some pleasure and many smiles seeing many indie types and indie friends on this list. It is a record number.
That lack of gender equality in the film business has been clear for so long. A lot has been written about it, and a lot more shall. Like so much, it is a problem for everyone, not just whom it effects most. It is all one world after all.
For a long time, white people did not accept that
Frank Film, Frank MOURIS, 1973 by shortanimatedworld
I can’t believe I have lived so long without having encountered this film before. It won an Oscar in 1973 for Best Animated Short. Even with the commercial interruption and poor resolution it made my list of Best Shorts ever. What’s on your list?
The opening number felt so inappropriate that I first hoped that the show would keep up a feel of a high school spoof of the Spirit Awards. Shouldn’t such a celebration of art & entertainment aim to contextualize all that is great about this Dream Factory? Okay, if they can’t figure out how to do that, I would be fine with several hours of pure crass classless puns like the song & dance intro promised too, but no. We get 4 hours of dullness instead. The fun of the show becomes critiquing all the mistakes.
