While it may be premature in some critical quarters to speak of the art of the motion pictures, there can be no violent denial that under the guise of. "prestige" pictures, Hollywood is earnestly trying to achieve classical greatness, writes Tay Garnett (director). But the sturdy estheres of Los Angeles are under handicaps gigantic" and "colossal") peculiar to no other art.
An insolvent poet, for instance, may write a sonnet equal to Shakespeare's; a dispossessed sculptor may hew a masterpiece worthy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a painter ith only a relief check in his pocket may smeer a Mona on a bar-room floor. Even in the theatre—without scenery, costumes or overhead—it is possible to produce a play that is great Theatre. All that is needed is the inexpensive magic of dialogue and direction.
But just try to produce a motion picture on a shoestring While there are instances when it could not be done for even $2,000,000, it positively cannot be produced on what the industry fondly terms a "herring." It is financially impossible for a director with an ideal th go out and shoot a classic on a private bank roll. And, at the same time, it is just as difficult to accomplish with all of the money from Wall Street.
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