Eyes of the Movie, The by POTAMKIN, Harry Alan

The movie was born in the laboratory and reared in the counting-house. It is a benevolent monster of four Is: Inventor, Investor, Impresario, Imperialist. So begins Harry Alan Potamkins The Eyes of the Movie, a posthumously published indictment of Hollywood. It is a savage socialist critique of the film industry, its practices, and products. Potamkin takes aim at the conservative element infiltrating Hollywoods dream factory, investigating mainstream cinemas double function as propaganda and passing amusement. (Summary by ChuckW)