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| - | It is [[Camille Paglia]]'s central thesis that in the [[20th century]] (which she calls the Age of Hollywood) [[pagan]] [[popular culture]] overtook and vanquished the [[high arts]]. Thanks to advances in technology, pop became a universal language, as catholic in its reach as the medieval church. Once pop art embraced commercial iconography, the [[avant-garde was dead]]. | + | "That public’s craving for a [[nonstop]] [[movie-star]] [[titillation]] fix was mainlined and bylined day by day by that syndicated, sob-sister, mutant, deadlining hunt-and-pecker: the Hollywood [[Gossip]] Columnist."--''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'' (1959) by Kenneth Anger |
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| + | "It is [[Camille Paglia]]'s central thesis that in the [[20th century]] (which she calls the Age of Hollywood) [[pagan]] [[popular culture]] overtook and vanquished the [[high arts]]. Thanks to advances in technology, pop became a universal language, as catholic in its reach as the medieval church. Once pop art embraced commercial iconography, the [[avant-garde was dead]]."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| "[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and [[Hollywood]] spring from the same [[DNA]]." -- [[Jack Valenti]] | "[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and [[Hollywood]] spring from the same [[DNA]]." -- [[Jack Valenti]] | ||
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| "They [the movies] have fed it [the American character] [[naïveté]] and [[buncombe]] in doses never before administered to any people. They have slapped into the American mind more human [[misinformation]] in one evening than the dark ages could muster in a decade."--''[[A Child of the Century]]'' (1954) by Ben Hecht | "They [the movies] have fed it [the American character] [[naïveté]] and [[buncombe]] in doses never before administered to any people. They have slapped into the American mind more human [[misinformation]] in one evening than the dark ages could muster in a decade."--''[[A Child of the Century]]'' (1954) by Ben Hecht | ||
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| - | "A woman who is known to change her lovers five times a year is as acceptable socially as any virgin... Virgins have never been acceptable in Hollywood."--''[[A Child of the Century]]'' (1954) by Ben Hecht | ||
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| - | Schrijvers in Hollywood, ze waren onontbeerlijk, en de enige mogelijkheid om ze in het systeem in te passen, om ze te laten gehoorzamen, zoals Hecht schreef, was ze fors te betalen. Met het geld van de Wangers, de Thalbergs, de Milgrims, de Stahrs, of | ||
| - | hoe ze ook heetten of genoemd zijn. Schrijvers in Hollywood hebben door hun collaboratie het systeem mede in stand gehouden. Slechts een klein aantal heeft teruggeslagen en er mede voor gezorgd dat Milgrims voorspelling in ‘[[The Disenchanted]]’ niet is uitgekomen | ||
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| - | "Twenty years from now, if we can keep improving our product as much as we have since the war, the Hemingways, Fitzgeralds, the Wolfes and the Hallidays will start out as screenplay writers instead of novelists... The great American writing of the | ||
| - | future will be done directly for the screen."" | ||
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| [[Image:Hollywood.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Hollywood]] is iconic for the [[mainstream]]]] | [[Image:Hollywood.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Hollywood]] is iconic for the [[mainstream]]]] | ||
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| '''Hollywood''' is a district in [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States|U.S.A.]]. Due to its fame and [[cultural identity]] as the historical centre of [[movie studio]]s and [[movie star|stars]], the word "Hollywood" is often used as a [[metonym]] for the [[Cinema of the United States|American film and television industry]]. In fact, one can safely regard [[Hollywood]], or the American film industry, as the pinnacle of [[mainstream film|mainstream cinema]]. | '''Hollywood''' is a district in [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States|U.S.A.]]. Due to its fame and [[cultural identity]] as the historical centre of [[movie studio]]s and [[movie star|stars]], the word "Hollywood" is often used as a [[metonym]] for the [[Cinema of the United States|American film and television industry]]. In fact, one can safely regard [[Hollywood]], or the American film industry, as the pinnacle of [[mainstream film|mainstream cinema]]. | ||
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| + | Since [[History of film|the dawn of filmmaking]], the U.S. major film studios have [[dominated]] both [[Cinema of the United States|American cinema]] and the global [[film industry]]. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Ben Hecht]] | ||
| *[[Hollywood Sign]] | *[[Hollywood Sign]] | ||
| *[[American mythology]] | *[[American mythology]] | ||
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| *[[Peg Entwistle]] (1908 – 1932), an English actress who gained notoriety after her suicide at the age of 24 by leaping off of the Hollywood Sign. | *[[Peg Entwistle]] (1908 – 1932), an English actress who gained notoriety after her suicide at the age of 24 by leaping off of the Hollywood Sign. | ||
| ==Namesakes== | ==Namesakes== | ||
| + | *''[[The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra]]'', 1928, short silent film written by Robert Florey and directed by Florey and Slavko Vorkapich | ||
| + | *''[[The Hollywood Hallucination]]'' (1944) by Parker Tyler | ||
| + | *''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'' (1959) by Kenneth Anger | ||
| *''[[Hollywood Boulevard]]'' (1976) by Joe Dante | *''[[Hollywood Boulevard]]'' (1976) by Joe Dante | ||
| - | *''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'' (1959) by Kenneth Anger | + | *''[[Hollywood Flatlands]]'' (2001) by Esther Leslie |
| == References == | == References == | ||
| - | + | *''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'', 1959, a book by Kenneth Anger about the sordid scandals of Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s | |
| *''[[Easy Riders, Raging Bulls]]'', 1998, Peter Biskind, on New Hollywood | *''[[Easy Riders, Raging Bulls]]'', 1998, Peter Biskind, on New Hollywood | ||
| - | *''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'', 1959, a book by Kenneth Anger about the sordid scandals of Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s | ||
| - | *''[[The Hollywood Hallucination]]'', 1944, Parker Tyler | ||
| - | *''[[The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra]]'', 1928, short silent film written by Robert Florey and directed by Florey and Slavko Vorkapich | ||
| *''[[The Celluloid Closet]]'', 1981, a book by Vito Russo on how Hollywood films, have portrayed gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters | *''[[The Celluloid Closet]]'', 1981, a book by Vito Russo on how Hollywood films, have portrayed gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters | ||
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"That public’s craving for a nonstop movie-star titillation fix was mainlined and bylined day by day by that syndicated, sob-sister, mutant, deadlining hunt-and-pecker: the Hollywood Gossip Columnist."--Hollywood Babylon (1959) by Kenneth Anger "It is Camille Paglia's central thesis that in the 20th century (which she calls the Age of Hollywood) pagan popular culture overtook and vanquished the high arts. Thanks to advances in technology, pop became a universal language, as catholic in its reach as the medieval church. Once pop art embraced commercial iconography, the avant-garde was dead."--Sholem Stein "Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA." -- Jack Valenti "Hollywood took my formula diminished the concept of Negritude to a flamboyant cartoon and reversed the political message turning it into a counter-revolutionary one and voila, out of the commercial success of Sweetback -- to make a long story short -- the blaxploitation movie was born."--Melvin Van Peebles cited in Classified X (1998) "They [the movies] have fed it [the American character] naïveté and buncombe in doses never before administered to any people. They have slapped into the American mind more human misinformation in one evening than the dark ages could muster in a decade."--A Child of the Century (1954) by Ben Hecht |
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Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical centre of movie studios and stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym for the American film and television industry. In fact, one can safely regard Hollywood, or the American film industry, as the pinnacle of mainstream cinema.
Since the dawn of filmmaking, the U.S. major film studios have dominated both American cinema and the global film industry.
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See also
- Ben Hecht
- Hollywood Sign
- American mythology
- 20th century mythology
- NC-17
- Peg Entwistle (1908 – 1932), an English actress who gained notoriety after her suicide at the age of 24 by leaping off of the Hollywood Sign.
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Namesakes
- The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra, 1928, short silent film written by Robert Florey and directed by Florey and Slavko Vorkapich
- The Hollywood Hallucination (1944) by Parker Tyler
- Hollywood Babylon (1959) by Kenneth Anger
- Hollywood Boulevard (1976) by Joe Dante
- Hollywood Flatlands (2001) by Esther Leslie
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References
- Hollywood Babylon, 1959, a book by Kenneth Anger about the sordid scandals of Hollywood denizens from the 1900s to the 1950s
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, 1998, Peter Biskind, on New Hollywood
- The Celluloid Closet, 1981, a book by Vito Russo on how Hollywood films, have portrayed gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters
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