Studios’ problem

SO the golden era of cinema is drawing to a close; too bad [“In a Losing Race With the Zeitgeist,” by Patrick Goldstein, Nov. 22]. But it’s the studios’ reliance on technology as a replacement for good writing and directing, more than the advent of DVDs and such, that’s been doing them in. Technology’s changed things, but it’d be hard to conjure a more putrid and unimaginative stream of bilge than Hollywood’s been producing.

Good riddance.

WILLIAM CRAIG DROSE

Los Angeles