The Harry Potter economy
Harry Potter was in the vanguard of a new approach to big-budget film-making. Most modern blockbuster franchises have two things in common: they are based on known properties such as books and comics, and they are steered by respected but little-known directors. …
It is as though the auteur tradition has been fused with the industrial approach to film-making that was common practice in Hollywood before the war.
(via Coudal)
