Exploring the influence of a tax reform act in 1976 on the film industry, resulting in a shift from individual investor-funded movies to the rise of blockbuster films. The chapter also touches on how some filmmakers kickstarted their careers with support from dentists and the challenges faced by new filmmakers in securing funding.
What we see on screen has this way of influencing our perception of the world, which makes sense because the average American spends 2 hours and 51 minutes watching movies and TV each day. That’s a whopping 19 percent of our waking hours. Walt Hickey is a data journalist and author of a new book called You Are What You Watch. In it, Walt makes a case for how much film and television shapes us as individuals and as a society, far beyond what we give it credit for.
You Are What You Watch