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    Where do you think cinema goes from here?

    https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/how-to-listen-to-and-understand-opera Available at Audible.com for 1 credit. "Dr. Greenberg performed a miracle—he made me enjoy opera." Dr. Robert Greenberg is Music Historian-in-Residence with San Francisco Performances. A graduate of Princeton...
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    Where do you think cinema goes from here?

    Marvel movies aren't my favorite, but I still watch and enjoy them to some degree. I keep worrying that Marvel movies are going to crowd out the movies that I really want to see, but just this year I've watched the medieval existential epic The Green Knight, the musical bio-pic Respect, the...
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    Where do you think cinema goes from here?

    I started to become fascinated with box office figures in 1977, when I movie I loved, Star Wars, seemed to become a money-making machine. The numbers were somewhat interesting, but what was more interesting to me at the age of 12 was the fact that the box office numbers said that millions and...
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    Where do you think cinema goes from here?

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-vs-scarlett-johansson-lawsuits-next-1234992368/ “From this point on, it’s just going to be work for hire,” he says. “It’s a huge sea change for everyone. You’ll still get a huge payment up front. It’s just not going to be huge home...
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    Where do you think cinema goes from here?

    As some have mentioned, quite a bit of Hollywood has been built around the billion-dollar blockbuster, which justified production budgets of $200 million and more. Now that those days are in the rearview mirror for an unknown length of time it's probably going to be difficult for even the...
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