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The main maxim of big budget Hollywood filmmaking is “Make it Safe.”  Don’t stray from basic storytelling tropes and structures, and don’t be too smart in case you go over the audience’s head.  In the end, you want to ensure that you will get a return on your investment. Thus, the prospect of losing hundreds of millions of dollars makes a lot of mainstream films ride along in the mediocrity lane of the film freeway. Continue reading →