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Peter Bart
American
Editor
About the author
It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Hollywood
#Years
#Movies
#Corporations
It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Creativity
The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Commitment
#Media
#Financial
Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Disney
#Business
#Intention
#Entertainment
#October
One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Problems
#Conversation
Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Will
#Production
#Investment
That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Surprises
#Movies
The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Hollywood
#Danger
#Corporate
I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
The green-light meeting, when I first started at Paramount, would consist of maybe three or four of us in a room. Perhaps two or three of us would have read the script under discussion.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#First
#Meeting
Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Information
#Example
The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Now
#People
#Today
#Money
#Beginning
Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers should feel cozy in emerging from the velvet underground.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Society
#Open
#Gay
We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
The green-light decision process today consists of maybe of 30 or 40 people.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#People
#Today
#Decision
Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Now
#Love
Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Past
#Movies
#Example
#Summer
A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Decision
#Meeting
Hollywood is going to have to find a way of meeting those profit goals.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Hollywood
#Goals
#Meeting
#Profit
Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.
Peter Bart,
American
Editor
#Public
#Study
#Stars
#Value
#Behavior