[quote=njtosd][quote=flyer]I agree everything in the cosmos, may, in fact, be a joke. Just when we think we have it all figured out, life is over.
Other than doing everything I can for my family, and helping others, I really don’t take anything or anyone in this world too seriously. Like most of you, (possibly for different reasons) I find most of life on this planet quite hilarious.
That’s one reason we started investing in films. Once you tap into what makes people tick, you find it’s a very lucrative way to toy with the concepts of life and death through vampires, superheroes, dystopia, etc. We’re currently trying to analyze what the “next big thing” will be.
To my amazement, people all over the world–regardless of religious beliefs, or lack therof–seem to buy into those scenarios hook, line and sinker. The film industry has definitely perfected the skill of “playing the masses.”[/quote]
Really? I though the line from William Goldman was “Nobody knows anything.”[/quote]
Here’s the quote:
“Nobody knows anything…… Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Every time out it’s a guess and, if you’re lucky, an educated one.”
Love Goldman. Great writer. (Butch Cassidy, All the President’s Men, The Princess Bride, etc.) Have met him at several Hollywood functions over the years. Amazing talent.
Maybe we’ve just been lucky, but, so far, our “educated guesses” have really paid off. My wife is a film exec, so that’s given us some additional insight.
