What an amazing chance to hear from two of what I would say, have been the most over scrutinized at times wrongfully slandered people who have pioneered some of the best movie going experiences this year. Kudos
It's great hearing these mavericks talk about the future by doing what they're doing now but I did feel like they were ignoring the elephant in the room- which is the cluster-f*ck of our biz right now... De Luca saying the fear mongering/gloom & doom of today was similar to the VHS revolution of 40 years ago was tone-deaf and untrue...
The VHS "revolution" created more jobs in the industry and brought Video closer to the Movie business technologically. It also blossomed what would later bolster the movie biz with all the entertainment related channels & shows. I for one worked with MTV in those days as an editor cutting their BTS Movie shows that were free advertising for the studios.
Today, we have tech-Bro bravado and C-suite stupidity combining to kill Hollywood, Television, NY's Marketing biz and more as the focus on Streaming yields a whopping one-and-a-half Media Companies showing profit in that space.
As an editor with a career as long as these two have had, all my awards and contacts mean nothing now. I used to know a couple hundred people at Paramount; a few dozen at NBC/Universal; Same for Sony, HBO and the various agencies in NY & LA...
They're all gone today as is the work. The few folks I do know still working are struggling jumping from one mediocre project to the next, waiting for the Grim Reaper to come for them next.
But hey I'm happy these two are immune to how bad things actually are in trenches of our business. Maybe they could at least acknowledge that the artisans and technicians they say they "love working along side," are having a rough time right now.
It might humanize them a bit and soften just how privileged they sound.
What an amazing chance to hear from two of what I would say, have been the most over scrutinized at times wrongfully slandered people who have pioneered some of the best movie going experiences this year. Kudos
It's great hearing these mavericks talk about the future by doing what they're doing now but I did feel like they were ignoring the elephant in the room- which is the cluster-f*ck of our biz right now... De Luca saying the fear mongering/gloom & doom of today was similar to the VHS revolution of 40 years ago was tone-deaf and untrue...
The VHS "revolution" created more jobs in the industry and brought Video closer to the Movie business technologically. It also blossomed what would later bolster the movie biz with all the entertainment related channels & shows. I for one worked with MTV in those days as an editor cutting their BTS Movie shows that were free advertising for the studios.
Today, we have tech-Bro bravado and C-suite stupidity combining to kill Hollywood, Television, NY's Marketing biz and more as the focus on Streaming yields a whopping one-and-a-half Media Companies showing profit in that space.
As an editor with a career as long as these two have had, all my awards and contacts mean nothing now. I used to know a couple hundred people at Paramount; a few dozen at NBC/Universal; Same for Sony, HBO and the various agencies in NY & LA...
They're all gone today as is the work. The few folks I do know still working are struggling jumping from one mediocre project to the next, waiting for the Grim Reaper to come for them next.
But hey I'm happy these two are immune to how bad things actually are in trenches of our business. Maybe they could at least acknowledge that the artisans and technicians they say they "love working along side," are having a rough time right now.
It might humanize them a bit and soften just how privileged they sound.