TALES OF LOHR: THE HOUSE OF EICHER

Thoughts on the mystique of ECM Records; plus, "This Week in Warhol" popularizes the image

During my years of formal university film study, I spent a good bit of time reading and thinking about the era of the Hollywood studio system. These early decades of production and talent consolidation almost inevitably resulted in the major motion picture studios each developing what could be regarded as a definable, recognizable “house style.” When ea…