Hollywood Upset Bank Robbery Movies Gone
Hollywood is in mourning. They cannot make bank robbery movies anymore. Robbery as a human condition is not going anywhere. Let’s just say it went online, which makes things difficult for Hollywood.
Bank robbery movies were visual: the note THIS IS A BANK ROBBERY; shivering bank tellers reading them; robbers on stand-by at the door and guns on all tellers; tellers produce wads of green dollars; and the getaway car. That was the finale of the bank robbery.
Hollywood is upset because of the camera. We all have cellphones and we are always making our own movies, mainly selfies. Bank robbers are online now, stealing from airlines, banks and online shoppers. Now tell me, where would Hollywood place the camera to capture the art of stealing?
Laptops. That doesn’t make good visuals. There’s no motion, no panning of the camera and tight close-ups, just a young man typing furiously. For variety, Hollywood can have a scene where the mother tells her friend that ‘Jonas is such a sweet boy, always doing his school assignments.’ The father makes a dot.com cough, small enough to alert the visitor.
That is Hollywood’s dilemma. Digital bank robbery has no room for cinematography. Hey! Even the director doesn’t know the son is a hacker.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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