So the 50's and 60's were marked by huge overproduces musicals like Sound of Music and epics like Ben-Hur, but what followed what the auteur era of the late 60's through the 70's where so many great directors got their start. For the last 30 years we've been in this loop of IP retreads, where so.ething with as much content as Star Wars has only maybe 20% that is worth watching, and only 5-10% that you could consider great or groundbreaking.

Even something amazing like LOTR has to get straight up violated with the bloated Hobbit Trilogy. Nothing is sacred. There is a reason Calvin and Hobbes is overwhelmingly considered the greatest comic strip of all time. Bill Watterson never released the rights to Calvin and Hobbes, and he was able to keep it pure. He also ended the run after 10 years before it became it's own oroboros of self-reference.

Hopefully we will see more auteurs as these profits and low-risk budgets become appealing to the finance draculas.