Movie
1982
It Came from Hollywood is a 1982 American comedy documentary film compiling clips from various B movies. Written by Dana Olsen and directed by Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt, the film features wraparound segments and narration by several famous comedians, including Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Gilda Radner, and Cheech and Chong. Sections of It Came from Hollywood focus on gorilla pictures, anti-marijuana films and the…
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One of the more popular notions about Hollywood is that it used to make much better films that it is making today. This might have at least some basis in reality, but it also can be explained with rather banal fact of only the best films of the past surviving the test of time and becoming part of today’s popular culture, thus creating skewed perception of the past as the lost golden age. In reality, Hollywood in the…More
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