Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer "But somewhere along the line, the beast they awakened took on a life of its own, and by the 1990s production budgets had escalated as quickly as profits. Hollywood entered a topsy-turvy world ruled by marketing and merchandising mavens, in which flops like Godzilla made money and hits had to break records just to break even. The blockbuster changed from a major event that took place a few times a year into something that audiences have come to expect weekly, piling into the backs of one another in an annual demolition derby that has left even Hollywood aghast.". |
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Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer Tom Shone Limited preview - 2004 |
Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer Tom Shone Limited preview - 2004 |
Blockbuster: How the Jaws and Jedi Generation Turned Hollywood Into a Boom-town Tom Shone No preview available - 2005 |