By the title of this episode, you would think the focus would be on sound stages being on the rise as the outdoors was no longer a silent environment with which to film. Instead, we all but abandon that after five minutes.
Another review complained (if that is the right word) about this episode's jump from the 1930s to the present day and back and forth and all over. It is true -- unlike the first three segments, this one does not seem nearly as cohesive.
Instead, we see the rise of horror, western, cartoon and gangster films, which brings us such things as the comparison of the "Scarface" films an even a look at "Audition". This segment champions Howard Hawks, and suggests he might have been bisexual and anti-semitic. Was that necessary? Probably not.
Another review complained (if that is the right word) about this episode's jump from the 1930s to the present day and back and forth and all over. It is true -- unlike the first three segments, this one does not seem nearly as cohesive.
Instead, we see the rise of horror, western, cartoon and gangster films, which brings us such things as the comparison of the "Scarface" films an even a look at "Audition". This segment champions Howard Hawks, and suggests he might have been bisexual and anti-semitic. Was that necessary? Probably not.