1. The critical consensus on "Hail, Caesar" is something like this: "entertaining, but fluffy. Minor Coen." Very wrong!
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7. Other characters are torn between art & socialism. And real religion is given its say as rival to art (movie religion)
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8. Question film asks is can commercial artform like Hollywood filmmaking hold its own against religion, capitalism or utopian politics.
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Was it art? Is being the chief fixer for a large studio really anti-capitalist?
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Film is a collaborative artform and Mannix is as much apart of the mix as any of the others.
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I think Mannix is caught between taking part in artistic creation & mass destruction – both in service to capitalism.
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Final scene w/ Baird shows him as still in service to same capitalistic forces. He chooses a different role, but in the machine.
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