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{{a|book review|[[File:Dersu uzala.jpg|450px|thumb|center|If you didn’t catch it at the cinema...]]}}{{br|Why Big Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business}} — {{author|Anita Elberse}}
{{a|book review|{{image|Dersu uzala|jpgIf you didn’t catch it at the cinema...}}}}{{br|Why Big Hits - and Big Risks - Are the Future of the Entertainment Business}} — {{author|Anita Elberse}}
===Contra the long tail: the fat head===
===Contra the long tail: the fat head===
If you only see one movie a year, it’s not likely to be ''Dersu Uzala''.<ref>What do you mean, “what on earth is Dersu Uzala”?? Sayeth Wikipedia, of Kurosawa’s lyrical masterpiece: ''Dersu Uzala is epic in form yet intimate in scope. Set in the forests of Eastern Siberia at the turn of the century, it is a portrait of the friendship that grows between an aging hunter and a Russian surveyor. A romantic hymn to nature and the human spirit. </ref>
If you only see one movie a year, it’s not likely to be ''Dersu Uzala''.<ref>What do you mean, “what on earth is Dersu Uzala”?? Sayeth Wikipedia, of Kurosawa’s lyrical masterpiece: ''Dersu Uzala is epic in form yet intimate in scope. Set in the forests of Eastern Siberia at the turn of the century, it is a portrait of the friendship that grows between an aging hunter and a Russian surveyor. A romantic hymn to nature and the human spirit. </ref>