Posted on 10/19/2008 1:12:14 PM PDT by abb
>>>New Ways of Financing Journalism Will be Found, Georgia Journalists Say at NPC Forum
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ATLANTA, Oct 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — The future of journalism may be in niche products supported less by advertising and more by corporate sponsorships, by interest groups and by public broadcasting-style memberships, leading Georgia journalists said at a National Press Club Centennial Forum here Tuesday.<<<
Speaking as a former journalist...
Journalism will become what it used to be - a guy with an attitude, a printer, and a box of paper, supported by readers, sometimes, but usually supported by the writer’s own skills and struggle to put his or her thoughts to paper.
The modern difference is that the paper is less important than it used to be, and the street corner or the public square is now as large as the Internet.
It’s a double edged sword. They need an Alister to get funding, but I never understood why they would put so many in one movie.
For me it’s got to be the movie and the star I want to see. I won’t see movie for a star I don’t like. That just puts money in their pockets.
I’m curious to see how well Matt Damon does now after what he said about Sarah. Afleck tries to be low key now. I will never pay to see Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt again.
To All. I really enjoy both the subject (projected final downfall of Hollywood) and the humor with which it is discussed. Only on FR do you find the types of information that will help to improve the quality of our lives but ultimately, “Save the Republic”.
“How will we be able to tell the difference?”
The actresses will be better looking.
There’s plenty of both karma and irony in the fact that “Body of Lies” with the arch-enviro DiCaprio in it, is full of enormous petrol explosions. It’s good that the public, forced to note the actor’s position can see what a “do as I say, not as I do” clown he is. Shouldn’t the ideal movie for DiCaprio be him, his bare feet, a field of clover and a love song to Gaia? He tanked in the completely ridiculous “Speed Racer” and now this dud.
You don't know how to tell a story.
Ever since Speilberg (who's a pretty talented filmmaker)came along with his way of making it look so simple (much the way many old Blues players make blues guitar playing look simple)many in Hollywood labor under the conviction that story-telling and film making are purely mechanical and reducible to a modular process, ie; put this type of scene here, have this type of character there, put one of these about the middle, then add the same high end musicians playing the same type of score in the same high end room and mixed thru the same monster high end board, edit and--viola! A movie! Hollywood has never been better on the technical end but the brain dead imposition of pure formula on a script (and even to the writing of the script itself)robs the outcome of the force it might otherwise have.
The brutal truth about today's Hollywood is that they have no stars worthy of the title, just a bunch of overrated overgrown adolescent posers, punks and sluts. And by and large their movies suck.
When the cost of distribution, along with other fixed costs of movie making, drops as the digital technology takes hold; the break-even point can be reached with a much smaller audience. The A-listers won't be needed to draw block-buster sized audiences. Digital distribution, combined with cutting star salaries to a third, would cut $30 million or more from the cost of producing a movie. That would allow another $15 or $20 million to be trimmed from the promotions budget. The average cost of “A” movies could easily be cut in half.
Another result of lower production and distribution costs will likely be a greater number of movies being made. Just as there are many more TV shows now, than in the days of the network oligopolies — the major studios will lose their oligopolistic powers over movie making. Who knows, there might even be some movies targeted toward a FR audience.
What MALE is an A-List star anymore??
Who is this generations John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, etc.?
Sissified males like George Clooney? Matt Damon? Leonardo DiCaprio?
They’re phasing out the last crop of macho males like Arnold, Mel Gibson, Stallone, etc. all “men” now must be simpering wussies to appear on screen.
You are absolutely right. Body of Lies could be the best flic of the year and I wouldn't see it.
That said, I thought Daniel Craig's version of Bond (in Casino Royale) was pretty macho. It was a darker, more deadly Bond. Also, I liked it when his Bond said: "Do I look like I give a damn?" (When asked whether he wanted his martini shaken or stirred). This Bond isn't an effete metro-sexual.
Daniel Craig said he won’t mind if James Bond has a homosexual affair in the next Bond, it’s been discussed to “modernize” Bond. I kid you not.
I want off this planet!
I will no more mourn the death of hollywood than I would the death of osama bin laden, both are mortal enemies of America and the good and decent people who live here.
Where the vast majority of hollywood scum are concerned, I say good riddance to bad rubbish.
The movie industry needs to follow the Clint Eastwood model of filmmaking: make every star earn their money by taking a percentage of the actual box office revenue of the film. As a result, Eastwood's movies don't end up with ridiculous front loaded costs, gets completed in production in short order, and this style of filmmaking has resulted in a lot of critical praise (and several Oscar wins, too). In fact, one of the truly great actors of our time (Jack Nicholson) nowadays does his movies by taking a percentage of the box office revenue instead of being paid up front, mostly because he already is very rich from his numerous past acting roles (he owns two houses side by side in the Bel Air section of Beverly Hills, CA).
The worst thing about Hollywood is their attempt to corrupt our youth and take away their childhood. If a kid wants to see an r-rated movie, he'll get the video or watch it on HBO.
That can't be right. Offhand I can't even think of a movie starring an actor named Alister. Hollywood seems to be a No Alisters Club.
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