A good question to ask is why did Hollywood, as a centralized thing, ever exist in the first place? Cameras and equipment was expensive and not terribly mobile

A good question to ask is why did Hollywood, as a centralized thing, ever exist in the first place? Cameras and equipment was expensive and not terribly mobile. Having a few studios and lots with the cameras and lights and rigs and so on gave you a huge advantage. From that a lot of the industry moved to an area, so it also had the network effect. People start getting lazy and want to commute to their latest project, so the whole #FilmInLA is compelling. That's disappearing. Rapidly. The idea that one place is where movies are made is comically obsolete. Talent is around the globe. Handheld cameras provide extraordinary quality and can work off the lighting of a candle. And honestly, Los Angeles is a stunningly boring city. And if the movie is invariably some navel gazing about it by its residents (always, always featuring long shots of people on highways or driving around, because every LA film has to jerkoff about driving), why should a film be filmed there? I'd infinitely prefer London, Paris, Toronto, Miami, Vancouver, Berlin, NYC, Chicago, rural areas, Rome, and so on. The world would be a better place if this sort of backwards, historic centralization was obliterated.