Behind the Screens: Hollywood goes Hypercommercial 5 of 5

[narunarulove24]

This really helped me in my Media Studies class :D

Thanks for uploading this :]

It's really informative and yet still entertaining

[MrScottLi]

Fucking hell lol

Just middle-class people having a winge.

The fact is, entertainment cannot survive alone.The reason why movie studios are able to to make their 'movie magic' is due to sponsors and other forms of funding.

Now, 'art', that's a different story. What is art? if you can answer that question, then you don't really know what art is.

[Quex01]

Movie industry is just part of much bigger agenda to dumb down american people.

[adsy999]

Top class documentary, it really describes a topic that not many people are talking about. Its a shame that it has so few views and has been out for so long.

[670Kiester]

Good doco.

Look up Douglass Rushkoff The Persuaders or Merchants of Cool for more.

There's tones of similar info docos like this,"if" you're interested

[Lobos222]

Movies are like fachion, I think. It runs in waves. You cant sell black when pink is the new black...

When black is the new black again, thats when you sell black stuff.

You still get movies like "No country for old men". Disney cant make 100 Lion Kings because the viewer would become bored and stop going to the cinema etc. Ergo, now and again you see smaller film ides go through just to keep the cinema goer happy.

I dont think reality is so grim as this doc says it it.

[melcore338]

differently. If it all went to Hell tomorrow they would be the first to starve. I used to be one

[melcore338]

This is terrible. Have there been great movies made???? Well yes but it was just so very hard for the writer/director to get the movie made......... But he did get the movie made and it was a good film and did well right??? Well yes but it should have been easier. What a bunch of bull crap. People do not want to work. Working hard and going after your dreams is what America is about not handouts because we do not like who is calling the shots at the moment. Artists look at the world so

[Hudsucker94]

Ok, so I watched this documentary, and it is very,very good, however, I have my own concerns, in that, what if someone is a genuine fan of something, like a series or a franchise, say star trek or star wars for example, and even with all the marketing bullshit, if someone enjoys that type of thing, whatever it may be, is that so bad?

[GTRrocker666]

It is funny that capitalism is becoming the new fascism, how ironic

[Hudsucker94]

Sad but true, Sad but very true sir...

[MusicBySav]

@GTRrocker666 well capitalism nowadays leaves many poor but few rich. is tht were u wana live?

[GTRrocker666]

@MusicBySav

No, hence my comment. Capitalism and Socialism are great in theory, but the only problem with both systems is that they involve people. There is no good system unless you have a complete clampdown which would not be worth it in my opinion.

[SAButterbrot]

Thanks alot for uploading. Great documentary and kinda scary when you think about it.

[RHK313]

thanks for uploading the 5 parts.

[silental]

Excellent documentary.

[boehrb]

The state of the media today is the result of decades of evolution - the selective force being wealth and power. However, just as the media is evolving over time, so too are alternate venues for expression.

So use the internet to find what you want to see - and pay no attention to TV commercials. Show what you find to your friends, your coworkers and your parents so that they too become aware of real cultural beauty. Let culture evolve naturally.

[blackberryjuice1]

ha! talk about cult leaders with all this propaganda placement. There is no real entertainment anymore, and soon you know the corporations and government are going to shut down on the autonomy of the internet. Let's count this as a truly unique time in history when we have the freedom to relate to each other this way because soon we will no longer!

[SAButterbrot]

The big problem is that the Internet is about to become more and more regulated. Just look at what Google does in China for example. Hell, I even have to pay fees to my country's television agency just because I own a computer with an internet connection :/

Interesting times ahead.