Capitalism may monetize it, but other societies with other economic systems create art for their own currency. Have you ever seen East Side Story, a documentary about the eastern bloc's film industry? There's a hilarious section, inserted by the documentary makers, with hand carts full of film canisters being delivered to satisfy product…
Capitalism may monetize it, but other societies with other economic systems create art for their own currency. Have you ever seen East Side Story, a documentary about the eastern bloc's film industry? There's a hilarious section, inserted by the documentary makers, with hand carts full of film canisters being delivered to satisfy production quotas. Taking the money out doesn't make great art. (Some of the movie excerpts were pretty funny, though. There was a production number involving tractors and the East German answer to Doris Day was just as cute though less iconoclastic.)
P.S. When I first heard about quota movies, those films required by various European nations to balance Hollywood movies with local product, Altavista led me to pages of nudie films complete with warnings about adult content.
Capitalism may monetize it, but other societies with other economic systems create art for their own currency. Have you ever seen East Side Story, a documentary about the eastern bloc's film industry? There's a hilarious section, inserted by the documentary makers, with hand carts full of film canisters being delivered to satisfy production quotas. Taking the money out doesn't make great art. (Some of the movie excerpts were pretty funny, though. There was a production number involving tractors and the East German answer to Doris Day was just as cute though less iconoclastic.)
P.S. When I first heard about quota movies, those films required by various European nations to balance Hollywood movies with local product, Altavista led me to pages of nudie films complete with warnings about adult content.