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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Fuck hollywood.

This would be good opportunity for people to start new film studios and such, founded on more equal profit sharing. Let greedy pieces of shit shrivel and die without labor to exploit. There is no negotiating with those kinds of people as they will just try to find ways to force and manipulate people to do what they want.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's ironic that Hollywood was created by filmmakers and actors who got tired of being exploited by investors and cinemas alike.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's the circle of ~~liiiiiife~~ capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Money makes the world go around..."

"Greed is good"

Making money is fine, but at what cost?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Actually, they moved to Hollywood so they wouldn't be under Edison's camera patents.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

They should call it "United Artists"!

And.... Jeff Bezos already owns it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Charlie Chaplin did a similar thing - United Artists. Then it got sold to MGM. and so on

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's also worth noting that many of the "indie" production companies are backed by billionaire money. For example, Annapurna (movies: Her, Zero Dark Thirty, American Hustle, games: Journey, Stray, Kentucky Route Zero, Outer Wilds) was founded by Megan Ellison, the daughter of Larry Ellison of Oracle software, worth about $150 billion.

Indian Paintbrush, the production company that has financed all of Wes Anderson's movies since 2007, is run by Steven Rales, CEO of Danaher, worth $7.3 billion.

It's not just production or indie firms either - CAA (Creative Artists Agency) talent agency that represents people like Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, The Weeknd, Bob Dylan, Aubrey Plaza, Bradley Cooper, Cardi B, Chris (Evans, Hemsworth and Pine), Salma Hayek and thousands of writers, producers and directors, is currently in final talks to be purchased by Francois-Henri Pinaul, who owns Gucci, Balenciaga, Girard-Perregaux and Christie's auction house, is married to Salma Hayek, and is worth about $33 billion.