Why this? Why that?

Please explain it all to me, won't you?

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Links, Ponders & Wonders 10.15.24 Edition

I can’t stop. Forgive me. Today marks the fifth straight day of posting. And I have a post to publish tomorrow. I think six days in a row is going to be my new record. But when I got close to this amount before, it was prior to me promising to post less. I am having trouble living up to my own ideals. I guess it comes down to the fact there is so much I would like to talk about, and so much just within the realm of cinema. I hope you don’t mind. Feel free to tell me to slow down if you’d prefer it. I think it is just a temporary affliction, but…. who knows?

Today’s LP&W Contents

1. Idea for a new book

2. What makes the old, new?

3. They are an oligarchy.

4. Is this what we want?

5. The “TheyDidItRight 2024 List”.

6. How to build a case study on my film.

7. Sweet job op

8. Rather be a nun or a sex worker?

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1

The collected unified theories on everything

If you are a regular reader, you’ve might have picked up how I am a fan of the “Unified Theories On Everything”. I am not referring to the movie of close to the same name, but to such theories. And not that I think they are ever correct, but I think that building your own helps determine one’s current creative practice. I gave you mine here. I am looking for another one currently, one that sorts the mess we’ve made of such a beautiful thing, only this time I am trying to get one that limits itself to our industry and not our world. I’d love to have an essay contest on that. I’d read that book on the top twenty entries for sure. Or at least buy it in hopes of reading it.

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2

What makes old movies new again on Netflix?

You know how movies from five, seven, three years ago somehow become the most watched movies of the week on Netflix? Evidently this happened again recently with Gifted, the drama starring Chris Evans and Mckenna Grace.

I'd love a list of other titles that did this. We could build one here. What else has done it? What do you think they have in common? Why do you think this happens? And do you think the artists get compensated for the all the views?

And why can’t the other GSP’s breathe new life into the otherwise forgotten?

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3

Yup. The streaming industry is an oligopoly.

So declares this paper.