What is the difference in the conventional wisdom between selling a film to an indie arthouse audience and selling it to the video chains?
A quick tutorial:
Exhibit A, theatrical release poster.
Exhibit B, home video box cover.
# posted by Scott Macaulay @ 4/18/2008 02:31:00 PM
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Yikes!
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posted by David Lowery @ 4/18/2008 6:37 PM
Hopefully it's at least anamorphic. The IFC DVD release of Von Trier's "The Boss Of It All" isn't even 16x9 enhanced and it came out last year.
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posted by @ 4/21/2008 1:06 PM
Covers such as this was a motivating factor in my starting Benten Films.
Is this Friends-like cover really going to sell that much more product?
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posted by Benten Films @ 4/21/2008 2:03 PM
I saw that box coming out of Kim's the other night after another unsuccessful attempt at finding a European DVD on Ferrara's "Mary" and nearly collapsed. It makes the movie look like a remake of "About Last Night" or something...
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posted by Brandon Harris @ 4/21/2008 2:36 PM
