“In 1972 Charlie Chaplin was allowed back to America to receive an honorary Oscar, 'for the incalculable he had on making motion pictures the art form of this century'. That's what the Academy was always for - to blur the equation enough so that profit and fame could be called art.” ArtEnoughAmericaFilmFormCenturyFameHollywoodProfitOscarsEquationsAcademyCharlieBlurMotion PicturesChaplinHonorary Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“A lot of young black people in America, and even in Africa and Brazil, would say that they are telling their story, but most of the films are like application forms with the formulaic ideas of Hollywood.” PeopleIdeasStoriesAmericaFilmFormYoungBlackHollywoodApplicationBlack PeopleBrazil Author:Haile Gerima
“Hollywood, America's greatest modern contribution to world culture, is a business, a religion, an art form, and a state of mind.” WorldMindArtStatesAmericaFormCultureModernHollywoodContributionState Of Mind Book:Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays Source: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays
“Being accused of making money by selling sex in Hollywood, home of the casting couch and the gratuitous nude scene, is so rich with irony that it's a better subject for a comic novel than a column.... On one coast the cops are busting sex workers on Eighth Avenue, dragging them downtown to night court where they pay the fine and go right back to their corner; on another they're charging Heidi Fleiss with pandering in a town in which the verb is an art form.” ArtHomeFormNightSexPayNovelRichSubjectsFineSceneHollywoodTownsCourtWorkersCornersSellingComicMaking MoneyIronyHypocrisyCopCoastCastingAccusedAvenuesCouchesColumnsVerbsDowntownChargingBustingBeing AccusedHeidiNight Court Author:Anna Quindlen
“But you know, I'm very conscious that people criticize Hollywood. Yet we've created a form, the Western, that can be understood in every country. The good guys against the bad guys. No nuances. And the horse is the best vehicle of action in our medium. You take action, a scene, and scenery, and cut them together, and you never miss.” PeopleKnowsCountryActionTogetherFormGuyCuttingMissingSceneConsciousUnderstoodHollywoodHorseWesternMediumsCriticizeVehicleBad GuysGood GuyNuanceScenery Author:John Wayne
“In my mind what novels do best is that they immerse us deeply into our character's world - they truly transport us deep into these spaces - but the same way you know a Hollywood movie won't end after thirty minutes, you carry in yourself the implicit contract that the novel won't throw you out of itself 'til the very end. That bulk of pages is a form of consolation, of security.” KnowsWorldWayMindEndsCharacterFormSpaceNovelMinutesSecurityPagesHollywoodThirtyContractsConsolationTransportImplicitHollywood Movies Author:Junot Diaz
“The Hollywood stuff in the book tended to come later. I think it was because I was worried about leading with that stuff. I wanted to try to make sure that the other stories in the book were as interesting. I wanted to spend more time on them and craft them. The thing is, with writing, it's form or content.” ThinkingWritingTryingBookStoriesWantedFormStuffInterestingHollywoodCraftsWorriedMore Time Author:Mara Wilson
“That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes to him in the form of a salary check. In Hollywood the average writer is not young, not honest, not brave, and a bit overdressed. But he is darn good company, which book writers as a rule are not. He is better than what he writes. Most book writers are not as good.” WritingBookFormYoungAsksBitsCompanyOne ThingHonestHollywoodUltimatePraiseBraveAverageCorruptionChecksSalaryGood CompanyNot Honest Author:Raymond Chandler
“There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.” IdeasFormComedyStrangeDramaHollywoodWorthyReasoningConsiderationAwardsAcademyDeserving Author:Gene Kelly