Feature interview: why movies flop
Afternoons - A podcast by RNZ - Miercuri
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Failure can be fascinating and when Hollywood produces a box office flop, it can often happen in spectacular fashion. Tm Robey is a film critic for the Daily Telegraph and tells the stories of 26 film flops who he says often come from out-of-control white male genius who were often given budgets to match their egos. He offers the lessons flops like Rex Harrison's Dr Dolittle and the star studded musical Cats in his new book, Box Office Poison: Hollywood's Story in a Century of Flops.