Martin’s Comments (group member since Jun 05, 2012)

Martin’s comments from the Q&A with Debra Pawlak group.

And true! They really did!

What impresses me about the work of these people is that they lived in a world without TV, DVDs, entire cable networks devoted to showing their work. For them, these movies had a life that only lasted as long as its run in the theater, often only a week or two. They probably scarcely believe how well and beloved they and their work still is all these years later.

And here we all are, all these years later, still talking about them, reading about them, and writing about them. They must have been doing something right/

There so many reasons, but one of the biggies is that Hollywood is a place were the daughter of a laundress or the son of a bricklayer could come and they could, if they were lucky enough or had the right look/talent, enjoy success beyond what was imaginable, given their background. They were free to reinvent themselves without being mired in expectations. I also love and admire the care and detail that went into the work of these people who toiled in the studio system. It was probably very hard work but oh! Look at what they produced!