Bugs
2008-04-28 09:40:37
Regarding movies, am I correct in believing that actors and directors have a lot more power than they used to in the “movie mogul” days? Perhaps it’s just easier for these individuals to broadcast their beliefs and prejudices via their chosen medium. Being auteurs, they don’t necessarily care about the bottom line – they just want to get their message out, to make “important” films, to be lauded by their peers at the Academy Awards, to take home the Palme d’Or. Whether the general public enjoys what they produce – a minor consideration. What studio head today can tell Robert Redford not to make a movie he really believes in because the public will hate it?
