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I heard the movie business started there to get out of reach of enforcement of movie camera patents back east. If true that’s pretty ironic since the whole indu
by user3939382 2y ago
I heard the movie business started there to get out of reach of enforcement of movie camera patents back east. If true that’s pretty ironic since the whole industry is built on IP rights.
- kyleee 2y agoWin by any means necessary and then lock it down to prevent upstarts and competition. A time tested strategy
- JohnMakin 2y agoIn addition to other sibling comments - often this “enforcement” heavily involved the mafia, which had less of a foothold on the west coast.
- Clamchop 2y agoAnd in part because of the diversity of landscapes to film in. Westerns and such were never going to be filmed in the east.
- DaoVeles 2y agoAnd then the TMZ came into limit those landscapes. For good reason though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_zone
- treebeard901 2y agoThe weather and diverse geography played a role too. Many sunny days needed for filming.. Locations not far from L.A. that can represent many different climates and landscapes in film. There are tons of reasons why it was all built. Many explain why other places are starting to compete more with Hollywood. Even the Disney style Unreal Engine scenery is a threat to advantages Hollywood had.
- gxs 2y agoInteresting, I always heard it was started by Jews looking to get away from racism back east. I might have to do a little reading myself to clear this up
- user3939382 2y agoHere’s some info https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51722/thomas-edison-drove-film-industry-california https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/51722/thomas-edison-drov...
- CobrastanJorji 2y agoLike many victims of bullying, they learned the wrong lesson: that it's better to be on the other side of the bullying.