written by Clarence Ewing
For all the creativity and innovation that goes into making Hollywood films, there are also a lot of ideas that get recycled time and time again. I’m not referring to stock characters or the "sequalitis" that hits multiplexes every summer. I’m talking about the basic building blocks of storytelling that are ingrained in the movie-going experience.
For all the creativity and innovation that goes into making Hollywood films, there are also a lot of ideas that get recycled time and time again. I’m not referring to stock characters or the "sequalitis" that hits multiplexes every summer. I’m talking about the basic building blocks of storytelling that are ingrained in the movie-going experience.
Every once in a while, though, a film will come along that takes an assumption about how movies are supposed to be made and changes it, sometimes resulting in something truly memorable.
Producers who want to make a film that breaks one of the unwritten rules of mass-market entertainment risk a lot – studios might not want to fund the film, theaters might not show it, audiences might not respond to it. The reward for taking the chance, though, is recognition for being a really interesting experiment or, in some cases, taking your place among the greatest films ever made.
