Who Will Punch His Ticket?: 3:10 to Yumaby George Sax |
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A guy I know asked me the other day what movie I was reviewing this week. When I told him it was a Western he said: “I didn’t know they still made those.” |
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Shoot 'Em Upby M. Faust |
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If you ask me, the thing Hollywood does really well—the thing it needs to do well—isn’t making movies. It’s making trailers. It’s the trailer, after all, that gets people to see a movie. A movie only has to be good enough to provide three or four minutes that can be edited into a segment that will intrigue people enough to plop down their $9 for a ticket. After that, it doesn’t much matter if the movie stinks: it’s not like theaters give refunds. |