Which Way, L.A.?
The Writers' Contract Expired this Morning: What's Next?
The 1988 Writers Guild against the Motion Picture and TV producers threw thousands of people out of work for more than 5 months. It cost some $500 million dollars and ended with neither side a clear victor. This time, it’s all about iPods, DVD’s and the Internet. On Reporter’s Notebook, British novelist Will Self goes on a walking tour of Los Angeles to illustrate PsychoGeography.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenThe 1988 Writers Guild against the Motion Picture and TV producers threw thousands of people out of work for more than 5 months. It cost some $500 million dollars and ended with neither side a clear victor. This time, it’s all about iPods, DVD’s and the Internet. On Reporter’s Notebook, British novelist Will Self goes on a walking tour of Los Angeles to illustrate PsychoGeography.
Photo: Billboards advertising movie and television shows outside the main gate of the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, CA.
