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both of my film professors at separate times came up to me and were gagged i was reading this feeling good feeling good and great

twee manieren om winst te draaien in jaren 30/40 hollywood: of je bouwt een slopmachine of je doet high risk high reward daadwerkelijk hele goede films maken

zegt daadwerkelijk veel over onze samenleving dat het een stuk goedkoper is om kille pessimistische films te maken

dense but so good

Wow, this is unbelievably fascinating.

"During that speech one of the seventeen, director Marshall (Mickey) Neilan, got up and left, followed by his wife and star, Blanche Sweet, and the cast and crew of Tess of the D’Urbervilles. The headstrong Neilan later explained that he already had sacrificed a half-day’s shooting for the event and that Mayer’s display was “taking too goddamn long.”" lmao

Horrible

Terrible

I have to read this for class so I’m counting it lol (I hate it so far😝)

I am still reading this. For some reason Goodreads keeps saying I am done with it. 5 or 6 times. Computers...

My boyfriend recommended this. I'm not that much into film but I love movies from the 1940s, so I'm really interested. Not sure I'm going to make it through, though - it's got more than 500 pages.