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The Crack-Up: The Early Days of Hollywood, with David Bordwell
18 minutes Posted Feb 8, 2019 at 9:39 am.
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In this episode of The Crack-Up series, which explores how 1919 shaped the modern world, film historian David Bordwell discusses two big changes in the American film industry in 1919: the revolt of film stars against the powerful studio system, and Paramount's response, which was to try and control the "product" from creation to point of consumption. He goes on to look at how these creative and commercial tensions still play out today.