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Peter Benton Bart (born July 24, 1932) is an American journalist and film producer, writing a column for Deadline.com since 2015. He is perhaps best known for his lengthy tenure (from 1989–2009) as the editor in chief of Variety, an entertainment-trade magazine.

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Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.

Eisner, Entertainment, Lasts, Leaving, October, Week

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

Corporation, Corporations, Creativity, Demonstrated, Euphemistically, Levels

We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.

Commercial, Kind, See

The model today is that as much as 70 percent of the financing of the picture would come from overseas. Now we're beginning to run out of suckers, because there are not that many people overseas who are willing to put up more than half the money for a movie.

Financing, Half, People, Run, Running, Today

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

Example, Information, Star, Stars, Too Much Information

That's how you get surprises, because what movies are all about is surprises.

Movies, Surprise, Surprises

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

Grew, Grew Up, Manhattan, New York, Theaters

A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.

Decision, Given, Green, Light, Make, Meeting

Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U. S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.

Interesting, Marketplace, Movie, Past, Summer

Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.

Behavior, Brand, Stars, Study

Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications.

Cutting, Economic, Falling In Love, Finals, Frame, Neophytes

The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.

Commitment, Companies, Financial, Media, Motion

The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process.

Biggest, Creative, Creativity, Hollywood, Purely

Substantially fewer films will be produced over the next year or two. And a significant portion of the production costs of the reduced slate will be borne by hedge funds and other investment groups.

Films, Groups, Investment, Portion, Two, Years

Do your homework and stand your ground.

Ground, Homework, Interesting, Stand, Stand Your Ground

Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers should feel cozy in emerging from the velvet underground.

Attitude, Cozy, Gay, Moved, Though, Velvet

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.

Activity, Corporations, Hollywood, Relatively, Tv Shows, Years