“The American movie, in part because America's a melting pot, the cultural hodgepodge that America makes, generates movies that have appeal across all international boundaries. And that's really not true for most domestic film industries. It's no longer true of France and Italy, less true than it used to be of the U.K.” AmericaFilmUsedIndustryInternationalBoundariesUsed To BeFranceAppealsPotMeltingFilm IndustryMelting PotAmerican Movie Author:Howard Stringer
“Just the very thought of someone my age going to visit old girlfriends had instant appeal.Even women think, 'That would be interesting.' Not comfortable, but interesting. It is not a comfortable film at any point.” ThinkingWould BeAgeFilmInterestingComfortComfortableAppealsInstantGirlfriendOld Girlfriend Author:Bill Murray
“Louis B. Mayer is one of those with a claim to posessing the equation... he began to buy up nickelodeon arcades in the years before the First World War in and around Boston. He had noticed that people liked going into the dark to see the light... the appeal of the movies is beyond the sensible, rational or the hard-working. Going into the dark, afte centuries of progress in which mankind has staggered toward artificial light, smacks of delicious perversity.” PeopleWorldYearsFirstsWarHardLightFilmDarkProgressMankindCenturyHard WorkHollywoodClaimsRationalAppealsWar Of The WorldsSensibleArtificialWorld War IDeliciousEquationsBostonSmackFirst World WarPerversityArcadesMayerNickelodeonArtificial Light Author:Edward Jay Epstein