Word: hollywoodizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make better films more cheaply and with less reliance on big-name stars. Following that formula, Puttnam put the Columbia name on such films as The Last Emperor, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1987. But in his pursuit of reform, Puttnam alienated much of the Hollywood establishment. A year after he was hired, Puttnam left Columbia. Now home in Wiltshire, he is independently producing a series of movies. Bruised but unrepentant, Puttnam still wants to prove that filmmakers needn't choose between profits and quality...
...went to Columbia Pictures to improve the quality and reduce costs. Today you are gone, and the Hollywood system is still in place. If it is so inefficient, why hasn't it collapsed...
...saying the crass, materialistic Hollywood moguls were more enlightened than today's execs...
...retrospect, were your battles with the Hollywood establishment inevitable? Might things have been different had you played your cards differently...
Hurlyburly is David Rabe's wild, twisted and sometimes horrifying look at life in Hollywood. The play centers around tow fast-talking casting director roommates and their two best friends as they try to come to terms with their own male-bonding relationships and their interactions with the various women in their lives. Involving three women and four men, Hurlyburly promises to be an interesting look at social roles, humor and human interactions...