Hard Machines

I came across this quote from one of my favorite filmmakers (see his film "Underground," it's one of the most powerful films you will ever see!), Emir Kusturica, describing Hollywood: "What you have now is a Hollywood that is pure poison. Hollywood was a central place in the history of art in the 20th century: it was human idealism preserved. And then, like any great place, it collapsed and it collapsed into the most awful machinery in the world."

Hollywood was/is, the Dream Factory. What does it mean when the dreams wither and die, and all that remains are the nightmares of the hard machines?