Haha, I didn't know that anecdote! It totally tracks with reality. I didn't mean to say the people who work in Hollywood don't know their craft, plenty of skil

Haha, I didn't know that anecdote! It totally tracks with reality. I didn't mean to say the people who work in Hollywood don't know their craft, plenty of skilled people who I'm sure would produce wonderful work (and sometimes do!) if given the chance. I meant Hollywood as this machinery of algorithmic clones, as described perfectly by your anecdote about Buñuel.