If you do a title search on IMDB, apparently everyone who ever grew old in Hollywood is "The Last Mogul"! Jack Warner. Daryl Zanuck. Even Dino De Laurentiis or Golan and Globus!
Look, sure, these were all important enough figures in their way. But Wasserman was a guy who actually changed the underlying structures of Hollywood; who had the power, where the money flowed, what sort of compromises needed to be made. He was a guy who affected Hollywood (and, dare we say it, the US), not just one company.
This documentary does a great job of explaining just why he mattered and the ways in which he affected the industry. The talking heads documentary is difficult form to master - most are utter garbage, starting with the choice of subject matter. Thus it's fascinating to see one done right, from interviewing the correct people (and tossing out the interviews that add nothing) to the sequencing, to the correct balance of interviews versus data presented in other ways like voiceovers or old clips.
Look, sure, these were all important enough figures in their way. But Wasserman was a guy who actually changed the underlying structures of Hollywood; who had the power, where the money flowed, what sort of compromises needed to be made. He was a guy who affected Hollywood (and, dare we say it, the US), not just one company.
This documentary does a great job of explaining just why he mattered and the ways in which he affected the industry. The talking heads documentary is difficult form to master - most are utter garbage, starting with the choice of subject matter. Thus it's fascinating to see one done right, from interviewing the correct people (and tossing out the interviews that add nothing) to the sequencing, to the correct balance of interviews versus data presented in other ways like voiceovers or old clips.