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in the rye in 1951 was a revolution. when you read that as a kid, you re like, oh, my god, somebody gets it. that was the first book to take with you. it s a phenomenon. how many millions and millions came to that book. the great mystery is why he stopped. well, salinger famously refused to publish anything after sky rocketing to stardom and spent more than 40 years in self-imposed exile. joining me now, the film credit with the l.a. times and welcome. so many of us are excited to see this documentary. do you think it sheds any light on why he stopped? why he felt this need to go into hide something. yes. i think the most interesting thing about the film is you get a sense of why he stopped. first of all he didn t stop, according to the film he kept writing but he wanted to remove himself from the pressures of publicity and the pressures of publication. he wanted to let you hear as the actors say, he wanted to focus on the work and be in a place
dana: it evens out. eric: here is what they estimate the tonight show expense , production expenses. $80 million. they get 30% cut off that number. in the form of credit, right, $24 million is going go to them, whether they owe taxes or not. the revenue last year was $150 million or so. if you take the number as $8 or $9 million in tax liability, $24 million in tax credit, we pay them $19 million in refund. dana: why do they think it s a good idea? why would new york want it? eric: we called cuomo s office this afternoon. andrea: they favor the hollywood film industry. if you look at the money that new york spends to sponsor film credit and the films in the city it s the same amount, eric, you said $24 million. that could hire 5,000 public school teachers.
people to build it. dana: it evens out. eric: here is what they estimate the tonight show expense , production expenses. $80 million. they get 30% cut off that number. in the form of credit, right, $24 million is going go to them, whether they owe taxes or not. the revenue last year was $150 million or so. if you take the number as $8 or $9 million in tax liability, $24 million in tax credit, we pay them $19 million in refund. dana: why do they think it s a good idea? why would new york want it? eric: we called cuomo s office this afternoon. andrea: they favor the hollywood film industry. if you look at the money that new york spends to sponsor film credit and the films in the city it s the same amount, eric, you said $24 million. that could hire 5,000 public school teachers.
people to build it. dana: it evens out. eric: here is what they estimate the tonight show expense , production expenses. $80 million. they get 30% cut off that number. in the form of credit, right, $24 million is going go to them, whether they owe taxes or not. the revenue last year was $150 million or so. if you take the number as $8 or $9 million in tax liability, $24 million in tax credit, we pay them $19 million in refund. dana: why do they think it s a good idea? why would new york want it? eric: we called cuomo s office this afternoon. andrea: they favor the hollywood film industry. if you look at the money that new york spends to sponsor film credit and the films in the city it s the same amount, eric, you said $24 million. that could hire 5,000 public school teachers.