Hollywood is, by and large, unoriginal.
You could have a fantastic screenplay with fabulous characters and and engrossing storyline and you will still have
to fight tooth and nail to get it to filming if you're a newbie. It's certainly a clique and with movies costing many millions
of dollars you aren't just going to get anyone to finance you.
Also keep in mind that it takes only but a few changes to take an original story and make it unoriginal and bland. That happens a lot
serious movies get comedic elements added destroying the writers intent.
A lot comes down to actors and their performances. If Silence of the Lambs is made with B list actors you don't have the same performances.
Which is why many films are only greenlit on the contingency that they get suitable A list actors.
In Hollyweirds defense. Every 3rd person in LA is writing a script and truly thinks it's something special. I've read just a few and trust ..they can
be absolutely dreadful. I imagine they are numb from being inundated with horrible script after horrible script. They must feel like a trauma nurse
that cannot relate to "only" having to deal with a minor injury. They are already in rejection mode once they view most scripts. Good scripts often
get buried.
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