Sydney Pollack says Movies are like Fast Food
Posted on Sunday, September 16th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
Oscar winner Sydney Pollack (Tootsie) tells Helen De Winter in her upcoming book that movies are like Fast Food now-a-days:
“Beginnings and endings are not interesting, audiences want the high point, which means you’ve got to get to it and get to it now – get the gun out fast, the clothes off quick,” Pollack says. “What I really want to do is produce. There isn’t much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.”
Pollack has a point, especially in a day and age when the Hollywood studios are rushing over 200 movies into production to avoid strike-conflicts. I’m sure many of those movies are not ready for primetime. And I’m sure 2010 will probably be one of the worst years we’ll ever see in Hollywood films.
credit: PageSix
