The Film Industry: The Decline Of Independent Hollywood

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American attendance began to decline do to the simple fact of Independent filmmakers. Once independent filmmakers where allowed the right to show their films, a whole category of competition began stir the melting pot in the post War era. Hollywood had to actually try to be creative with the work they threw out to people. Hollywood production companies were so used to being on the top of the world with no competition. Films were just being shot out to the world with no thoughts or creativity. Hollywood knew that they would make tons of money off of society because there was nothing else to watch, just until independent film came in. Not only did the competition grow in the U.S but it also grew all over the world. The world of cinema came to

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