Side note: Steven Spielberg made $250m from Jurassic Park (merch and box office) -- its the single largest sum any individual has made from one film.
Also, this bit of foreshadowing was amazing:
"Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill) fashions a functioning seatbelt with only two latches and no latch plate. This foreshadows a later scene where the dinosaurs are suddenly able to breed despite all originally being female" (Buzzfeed)
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Been rounding up Reddit posts that reveal "industry secrets". Here are some great ones 🧵
1/ Live Events
"At any concert you attend, the best sound will be directly in front of the engineer at the main soundboard."
2/ Book Writing
"It costs about $200k to put your own book on the top of the NY Times Bestseller List. All you have to do is buy a lot of copies yourself."
3/ Casino
"I'm not in the casino industry, but I am in the fire service: Casinos pump an extra 1% of oxygen into the air to make you more alert and give you more energy. You stay longer and spend more money. It's also why casino fires are so catastrophic."