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From: deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: American movies abroad [was Re: International Language.
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Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:41:15 GMT
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In article <3fa7rb$15g@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> etg10@cl.cam.ac.uk (Edmund Grimley-Evans) writes:

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>then
>the market will inevitably end up by being dominated not by the "best"
>products in any intuitive sense of the word but by the products produced
>by those best positioned to dominate the market.

This is a tautology.  Explain what you mean by "best positioned to
dominate the market"?  Richest?  Widest distribution net?  Most in
touch with consumer tastes?  Best marketing strategies?  What?

And the entertainment market is *never* dominated by "the 'best' 
products in any intuitive sense."  Why not?  Face it, most people
have lousy taste and would rather watch the latest Spielberg pablum
than anything from Ken Loach.  If French filmmakers want to keep
producing "quality" productions in spite of this, then I applaud them, 
but I still don't think the mass of French "Baywatch" junkies (or
whatever is the hot t.v. show in France) should be required to bankroll
them.  If they have to make a couple of "Nikitas" to pay for each
"Tous les matins du monde," then they'll be no worse off than most
American "quality" filmmakers.

Again, this has little to do with language.  What's the cinematic
discussion group?  Rec.arts.movies?


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