Seduced and Abandoned

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Luke R Mar 22, 2015 an insightful, deeper analysis into the financing of Hollywood 95% of the business involves getting a movie invested in and only 5% of them actually get it Alec Baldwin and James Toback make a documentary trying to get a film of their own off the ground during the Cannes Film Festival so many celebrities are interviewed from Neve Campbell to Jessica Chastain to James Caan to Ryan Gosling as well as famous filmmakers lilke Diablo Cody, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorcese each of them give their personal insight and how they really feel about the industry with certain roles they take certain smaller movies that are loved hardly make any money, where big, budgeted films that aren't considered good make a lot more money where does a lot of it actually go? writers, actors, producers only get paid if the films they make succeed Baldwin describes Hollywood as a complicated lover; you can be seduced and abandoned by it the chance to work in a piece of art with a script that captures your attention is enticing then again you feel like you're only doing it for the money and you just leave it at that cinephiles, film buffs and aspiring filmmakers can learn a lot from this detailed, rich and funny dissection of the industry See more

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