It takes a village to make movies and television shows, that was what was great about the golden age of Hollywood, everyone was here, and you could make movies with your neighbors.
And Rome has Cinecitta, and Germany had the UFA.
Also of note is that during the Golden Age of Hollywood there were fewer homeless people on the streets of Hollywood, Hollywood created a lot of jobs. And back then we also had the General Motors plant in Van Nuys making cars and trucks which created a lot of jobs, etc.
There are still some places in Hollywood where you can make movies with your neighbors, such as at Empire West, but for the poor people it becomes difficult.
Our saving attribute in Hollywood is that we have great schools, and we can train the filmmakers of the future, and we can network at the schools with other artists.
Hollywood also has name recognition, and we still get a lot of tourists, so we can sell stuff to the tourists which helps the local economy. We also still have a lot of great movie studios here, at least what is left of the studios.
It takes a village to make movies, and we have great schools, and we still have some movie studios, Hollywood can still be cool, but it is sad what Hollywood has turned into, we have high crime in Hollywood with homeless people all over the streets, as the jobs continue to go to other places. The people of the United States need to show some love for Hollywood, and Hollywood needs to get its sparkle back. Even the Oscars suck now, I used to love to watch the Oscars, it was like the main event here in Hollywood, but now the Oscars suck. And the new movies are not that good, I do not want to just watch people fight for two hours. I enjoy good movies with good writing and with good acting, made by artists.
Salute,
Tony V.
