Willem Dafoe Attacks Money-Mad Hollywood - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 04-16-2008, 09:21 PM

Willem Dafoe has hit out at Hollywood's obsession with making money at the expense of great art. Despite starring in Spider-Man - one of the most commercially lucrative franchises of recent years - Dafoe insists films are too often judged on their box office receipts.

He says, "People get too obsessed with a kind of puritanical thing in our society. If it doesn't make money... it isn't worth anything. There's an anti-art thing for us in this country."

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)

Janice · 04-18-2008, 08:57 PM

I agree to an extent, although I think Indie films have become big business. I'll often watch a little gem of of movie and think it should be huge.

04-16-2008, 09:21 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Willem Dafoe Attacks Money-Mad Hollywood Willem Dafoe has hit out at Hollywood's obsession with making money at the expense of great art. Despite starring in Spider-Man - one of the most commercially lucrative franchises of recent years - Dafoe insists films are too often judged on their box office receipts. He says, "People get too obsessed with a kind of puritanical thing in our society. If it doesn't make money... it isn't worth anything. There's an anti-art thing for us in this country." (This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)
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04-18-2008, 08:57 PM	#2
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I agree to an extent, although I think Indie films have become big business. I'll often watch a little gem of of movie and think it should be huge.