>In light of the promotion of "Titanic" as the most expensive movie >ever made, I've been wondering about earlier films that would also >qualify (i.e., the most expensive movie ever made, up to that point). >------------------------------ The one thing Titanic brings to mind is a throw away line attributed to Godard a few years back. When asked about the future of film and of the commercial cinema in particular, he responded with something along the lines of "In the future, Hollywood will make one movie a year, and it will cost a billion dollars" [any solid reference for this quote would be appreciated, by the way]. When I first heard this, I remember thinking that it was brilliant precisely because of its hyperbolic overstatement. Flash forward to the ever escalating acounts in the press of the ever escalating costs of Titanic: the final tally reported as $US 200,000,000. Hollywood is therefore one fifth of the way to its Godardian destiny. As we slip one year closer to the next millenium, raise a glass to ten figure budgets padding out ninety-five cents worth of dialogue. --------------------------------- Peter Lunenfeld | Graduate Faculty Program in Communication & New Media Design Art Center College of Design | 1700 Lida Street | Pasadena, CA 91103 --------------------------------- ---- To sign off SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]