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Isn't that the period considered the "golden age" of Hollywood cinema? I've no skin in the game, really, except that I do love film and I hope good films are i

Isn't that the period considered the "golden age" of Hollywood cinema? I've no skin in the game, really, except that I do love film and I hope good films are increasingly made. It's not as if those films or productions are requisite viewing. It's casual entertainment or philosophy. I'm not sure what the pressing concern there is. Amazon, however, is a different beast and should probably be broken up to some degree for other reasons—not this one. It's definitely a streaming service arms race, though.

germinalphrase 5y ago
To a degree the “golden age” is as more about a certain style as it is quality. Casablanca is an entirely wonderful movie - but at the time it was just one of a fleet of films pushed through the machine. The ‘Hollywood style’ was intended to be 1) immediately legible/easy to understand for a wide audience and 2) easy to make quickly on a factory line-like studio process.