“The American cinema is a classical art, but why not then admire in it what is most admirable, i.e., not only the talent of this or that filmmaker, but the genius of the system” – André Bazin, “De la Politique des Auteurs”
In 1930, over 1,300 US banks collapsed, pulverizing over $853 million worth of people’s savings into bitter memories scrawled into their now discarded checkbooks. The following year saw another 2,294 banks crumble, eliminating with them 1.6 billion dollars in deposits. Employment climbed from eight to 12 million, with more than one-quarter of the entire US workforce seeking jobs. Hollywood offered little comfort.
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