Interview between Nick Salerno (host) and Eve Arden following the showing of "Kid Millions." Arden reviews her long career in Hollywood.
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Japanese commercials from 1978-1985. Most of these were from showings of foreign movies. These are used for my media classes to demonstrate the differences between American and Japanese advertising during the era of the "Japan That Can Say 'No.'" Some of the featured stars include Paul Newman, Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Alain Delon, Kirk Douglas, Nastassja Kinski, and Japanese stars such as Chiba Shinichi ("Sonny" Chiba), Takakura Ken, and Kusakari Masao.

1978年から1985年までの日本のコマーシャル。 そのほとんどは外国映画の上映によるものでした。これらは、「『ノー』と言える日本」の時代のアメリカと日本の広告の違いを示すために、私のメディア授業で使用されています。
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"The sun spit morning" scene from The Owl & The Pussycat, dubbed in Japanese.
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An unintended consequence of the switch from linear TV to streaming is that formerly exclusive content suddenly became a commodity -- not all that different from toothpaste or cooking oil in the minds of many consumers. For some, the difference between Netflix and YouTube in terms of desirability is inconsequential.

It has been announced that the AMPTP and the WGA are resuming negotiations on Friday the 4th. This would be good news for the industry. What are some of the reasons? Barbenheimer? The Sound of Freedom? What's going on with Disney? Either way, it is good news overall.
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Viola Davis and Sarah Silverman have joined the fray of high-value actors who have condemned the independent production companies for receiving an interim agreement waiver from the Screen Actors Guild to continue production. But is this a sign of solidarity, or two unions throwing thousands out of work?

Join Addison Randall (independent low-budget movie writer/ director/ producer); Denise Dougherty (documentarian, playwright, project design); and Scott Greene as we discuss three films each believes is important for moviemakers entering the industry -- especially on an entrepreneurial basis -- to see. Among the titles profiles are In the Heat of the Night, Casablanca, Hidden Figures, and more.

The wild success of Barbie is resulting in some very strange pushback from people who should know better -- especially those who claim to be long-term movie fans! Many complaining about the movie are old enough to remember Clueless and Legally Blonde at the very least! Let's see why Barbie is in fact a sign that Hollywood is returning to its proper form.
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So far, advertising on premium streaming services has proven to be less than anticipated. But, how could it be any other way? Did Netflix, Disney+, and Max really think that saving a couple of bucks would make people willing to watch ads? Let's look closer at this on-going challenge for Hollywood.

Adding to Disney's many recent woes in these days before their quarterly investor's call, Disney announced it would be "selling" some of its businesses that they no longer will believe to be part of their core. Among these is ABC, which at the last upfronts (where advertisers make their initial commitments for the next year) still scored nearly $4BN in ad sales. Why would they sell one of their better performing assets?
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The weekend box office has been racked by contradictions... Barbie opens to numbers well over even the optimistic expectations of Warner Bros, while Oppeheimer's rosy reception was nothing short of miraculous given its heavy action competition. Moreover, The Sound of Freedom continues to outperform expectations despite much push back from industry insiders and a willing to condemn press. But the anticipated bonanza from Tom Cruise's latest Mission Impossible is not coming in as robustly as expected. What are some of the unexpected reasons behind these seeming contradictions of results? And can we now say officially that theatrical distribution is not dead?
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The Screen Actors Guild has joined the Writers Guild of America in their strikes against the studios and producers. Fran Drescher gave an impassioned speech outlining why SAG is striking in a way that was far more coherent than the WGA's list of grievances, but the fact remains both sides have valid points and other areas that are not possible to accommodate simply because the business models have shifted too radically -- but that does not mean there are not answers. Of course, the studios have countered with some truly lame comments that, were it not for recent corporate and publicist behavior, I would have assumed were pure propaganda. Here, we go over some of the takes that are happening as well as analyze some of the controversies. #hollywood #sagstrike #wgastrike #disney #universal #nbc #paramount #cbs #amazonprime #mgm

We are now halfway through 2023. The 2nd Quarter reports are coming in. How will the studios explain their results? Who are the potential winners and losers? We discuss Zaslav, Redstone, Bezos, and, of course, Bob Iger and his ongoing struggles with Disney's increasingly distressed financials.

#davidzaslav #bobiger #kathleenkennedy #disney+ #paramount #nbcuniveral #espn #streaming #marvel #lucasfilm

or, How CGI, Sequels, and Auteurs Are NOT to Blame but Laziness, Lack of Innovation, and Cowardice IS. This final installment of the Indiana Jones series sums up pretty much EVERYTHING that is said to be wrong about Hollywood. It is over-reliant on CGI, is yet another sequel, and was badly directed. Moreover, it was unbelievably woke and presented a complete diminution of Harrison Ford as a hero or a movie star. And it is all Kathleen Kennedy's fault. The last is the only thing that is entirely. The rest are debatable. Let's frame this problematic film in in what it REALLY means about present day Hollywood.

Spoiler alert: The movie itself is a MUCH better send-off of the iconographic character than Crystal Skull, especially if you saw the entire series in real time. Fight me!

#Harrsonford #Lucasfilm #KathleenKennedy

Disney's drama between the two Bobs keeps coming back as Bob Iger continues to try to blame all of his current woes on the short 11-month period when Bob Chapek was actually in control. But was it all just a kabuki play to hide what was really going on?

Did Hollywood always treat women this badly? Without obsessing over the obvious problems both historically and in the present with the predatory behavior of abusive C-suiters, the answer is arguably, "No." The erasing of traditional strong female role models (where are the former "A Pictures" or big female stars?); the ignoring of prominent women and their accomplishments of the past (Lucille Ball, Sherry Lansing, Dawn Steele, and other powerful executive rank females are all ignored in favor of Kathleen Kennedy worship); and the positioning of prominent female talent in inappropriate roles (using directors like Chloe Zhou as Marvel/DC Universe directors). The current treatment of women in Hollywood has arguably never been worse.

There are many "accepted lies" in Hollywood, such as "demographics are more important than overall audience size," "audiences don't like 2D animation anymore." and "Isn't it great that the foreign market is more valuable than the domestic?" Just because everyone agrees on something does NOT mean it is necessarily true or good!

Whenever there are a bunch of expensive theatrical failures in a row, the immediate "go to" is to blame audiences no longer going to the theater because they have streaming. Recent viewership numbers, though, continue to call that into question, as do wildly successful theatrical releases that go far beyond projections. There are many reasons why theatrical remains THE most valuable window, and we will be going over them in this and future videos!

New data has come through that shows, despite continually pushing streaming and saying linear television is dead, more than half of the linear minutes viewed still are based in linear networks and basic cable viewers? Further, more than half of the current streaming views come from just Netflix, with the rest divided by Disney+, Amazon, Max, and the rest? Is it because they still want to ignore their "less cool" audiences, which still somehow manage to remain MORE profitable overall (remember that Warners was bought by linear cable channel Discovery!)

One of the serious challenges facing Hollywood now that it is trying to return to profitability is to fix an entire level of middle managers. Today, we focus on the Development Department. In Development, projects are taken from concept through the start of production. This can include adapting novels, news articles, magazine pieces, short stories, plays, and novels to the screen, but is most focused on taking and forming screenplays into finished movies and TV series. But this is a process that has become ridden by politics, nepobabies, and lack of business acumen. Here we go over some of the hows and whys.

Hollywood is clearly going through some serious convulsions in terms of the studios' profitability. Much of it is attributed to the overblown enthusiasm for streaming, but perhaps a quiet part is how much the industry began relying on China rather than the domestic market for its main financial side. Let's look at that side of the situation...

In the world of market research, one quickly learns that a movie that "moves too slow" is much less likely to become a hit than one that is paced well. Note that "moves too slow" is not at all the same as, "It's too long!"

The Writers Guild Strike continues. The Director's Guild has settled their differences, and now the Screen Actors Guild is in negotiations. What are some of the reasons there seems to be an impasse? What are some of the areas of potential compromise?

There are many theories of where and when the industry started making the bad decisions that led to the situation we are in today... Here's one of them.

These are television commercials broadcast on Japanese TV from approximately 1977-1985. These include many international stars such as Paul Newman, Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas, Nastassja Ninski, Priscilla Presley, Farrah Fawcett, and many more. This was the era of the "Japan that Can Say No," so you see a combination of commercials featuring highly western themes juxtaposed with traditional Japanese.