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the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2023.10.13

I watch a fair number of movies, and I have definitely noticed a long degradation in quality and some really mystifying incidents where the CGI was clearly worse than it was twenty years ago. At the same time, I was aware of the strike in Hollywood but didn't know its causes. Then I happened on this video on Youtube. And now I know why these two things are happening and how they are related.

Damn that late-stage capitalism.

rand()m quote

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

—Anne Frank