Smash Cut Culture (a beta project of ) is a group blog bringing diverse voices and ideas to an examination of pop culture, with a special emphasis on movies, TV and online video. We aspire to liberate our culture from the stale and stereotypical, encouraging fresh points of view.
Hollywood has passed through many phases and transitions throughout its 100-plus-year history. It is now embarking upon what might be its most revolutionary phase yet, as digital technology tears down the barriers to entry.
A college kid could make an epic adventure film in her or his dorm room with nothing but a decent laptop, an HD camera, and a makeshift green screen. (Is it mere coincidence that the Wizard of Oz hid behind a ?)
The studio system is passing away, along with the paternalistic, coastal-elite attitudes that have dominated Hollywood for the past several decades. New voices are emerging, and we for one can’t wait to hear what they have to say.
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