The Premise
A guy (Rogen) takes over as the head of a Hollywood movie studio and tries to balance his love for cinema with the CEOs’ hunger for more money and blockbuster hits.It reminds me of the eternal debate about cinema, everywhere—including social media groups—between high art and Hollywood trash. People often say you can’t have both, that a massive box office success can’t also be a great film, or that a great film stops being great the moment it crosses a certain earnings threshold. If you watch mainstream productions, you’re not a real cinephile. If you watch lower-tier films, you’re also not a real cinephile. And, of course, you can't talk about cinema unless you watch a seven-hour film from Eswatini with a budget of two cheese pies, where a taxi driver stares blankly at the rainy streets—a metaphor for despair and modern work culture.
