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Friday, December 08, 2006
GIBSON'S FUTURE OF FILM 


From The Guardian, a piece on Mel Gibson in which he places his new Apocalypto within a line of bigger-budget movies that are forming a new breed of independent films:

Gibson has evidently chosen to turn his back on mainstream American cinema and take risks. "I'm getting to a place where I look at the future of cinema as independent film, through which there's a hunger for a different kind of fare that simply isn't being catered to by anyone, other than independent film-makers." Not, he says, that he is deliberately shunning the mainstream studio system: "I really don't think in those terms. I've just been financing the stuff myself because only a lunatic would do that," he says. "There's a gamble aspect to it, in that you could fall flat on your face, which is always a possibility, but at some point you've got to try and put your money where your mouth is and say: I can do this."


# posted by Scott Macaulay @ 12/08/2006 10:50:00 AM
Comments (5)

 
at some point you've got to try and put your money where your mouth is and say: I can do this.... This is also true of simply choosing to make such choices... There's always a new building to jump off of and it feels good to do it.
# posted by Blogger Ray Pride @ 12/08/2006 11:40 AM  

 
Bravo Mel! Any great film essentially begins with a great concept and great writing, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether or not it's an indie film or a Hollywood accident. In fact, a film's budget should reflect the promise and potential of a great STORY rather than the production company making it or the Actors involved. CUT THE FAT! Start with CELLULOID FILM...
# posted by Blogger Miles Maker @ 12/10/2006 11:05 AM  

 
Bravo Mel! Any great film essentially begins with a great concept and great writing, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether or not it's an indie film or a Hollywood accident. In fact, a film's budget should reflect the promise and potential of a great STORY rather than the production company making it or the Actors involved. CUT THE FAT! Start with CELLULOID FILM...
# posted by Blogger Miles Maker @ 12/10/2006 11:06 AM  

 
Bravo Mel! Any great film essentially begins with a great concept and great writing, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether or not it's an indie film or a Hollywood accident. In fact, a film's budget should reflect the promise and potential of a great STORY rather than the production company making it or the Actors involved. CUT THE FAT! Start with CELLULOID FILM...
# posted by Blogger Miles Maker @ 12/10/2006 11:08 AM  

 
Bravo Mel! Any great film essentially begins with a great concept and great writing, which has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether or not it's an indie film or a Hollywood accident. In fact, a film's budget should reflect the promise and potential of a great STORY rather than the production company making it or the Actors involved. CUT THE FAT! Start with CELLULOID FILM...
# posted by Blogger Miles Maker @ 12/10/2006 11:11 AM  


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