Re:Terry Gilliam on the death of Hollywood
by saturdayplace on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:40PM
(#8827900)
Hollywood has already validated its product, and found product-market fit. It's now just stamping out products it's pretty sure people will buy. Anyone claiming Hollywood doesn't make things people want to buy would, given the choice, swap bank accounts with any of a very large number of Hollywood executives. The coffers of which are by definition filled with customers' dollars. You may not like most of what's on offer, but then, like is so often mentioned around here, you are not the target customer.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Terry Gilliam on the death of Hollywood
by rverghes on Friday January 02, 2015 @03:34PM
(#8828379)
Is that true though? Take a look at this: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/
The number of tickets sold seems to be on a steady decline since the early 2000s. It's only because the average ticket price is increasing that the total gross is increasing, and even that has been relatively stagnant for the past five years.
Re:Terry Gilliam on the death of Hollywood
by CompanyLaser on Friday January 02, 2015 @02:11PM
(#8828034)
Obviously. To anyone who's ever had an authentic encounter with film/art, money and the doctrine of utilitarianism no longer mean anything to you. It's dust.