“I have very mixed feelings about the movie business, and about Los Angeles in general.” FeelingsLos AngelesMovie BusinessMixed Feelings Author:Matthew Specktor
“I think the publishing industry is dismayingly like the movie business. It grows more corporate by the day.” ThinkingGrowsIndustryCorporatePublishingMovie BusinessPublishing Industry Author:Matthew Specktor
“I think having power ingrains people with a conservatism. There's a tendency to hedge one's bets. (Which explains a lot, actually, about why the movie business is the way it is, and why the publishing industry is too.)” PeopleThinkingWayIndustryTendenciesPublishingConservatismMovie BusinessPublishing Industry Author:Matthew Specktor
“The '90s were a time when not just the movie business, but every aspect of American life, became a lot more corporate. There's a line in Jonathan Franzen's essay "Perchance to Dream" about how "the rich lateral dramas of local manners have been replaced by a single vertical drama, that of commercial generality." I wanted to examine that great homogenizing force that came in during the '90s, since Hollywood seemed a place where it was particularly active.” DreamRichDramaMannersReplacedEssaysMovie Business Author:Matthew Specktor
