Another piece on the demise of our favorite art form, this time titled
"The Death of Indie Film as a Business Model" and found at Mike Curtis's
HD for Indies blog. It's all there -- the Gill speech, overcrowded theaters, uninspiring films, the high cost of marketing, piracy, the high cost of film school, the Darwinian acquisitions environment. Curtis's piece is already generating a nice comments thread with the first poster, sean90291, offering some reasons why he'd rather pay $5 to see
Ballast at home than see it at a theater where the screen is "the size of my plasma display at home, the sound system had a blown speaker, and a giant piece of fuzz vibrated over the picture for the film’s duration."
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posted by Scott Macaulay @ 12/11/2008 10:58:00 PM
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Maybe Indie film is dying in some people's eyes because, like the mortgage crisis, unrealistic expectations.
I know quite a few people that are indie filmmakers pulling in just under six figures a year making movies from no-budget to $3 million.
Most of the distributors that are folding started to aspire to release Hollywood type movies under "indie" banners.
They found that you can't compete with the blockbuster....As an indie, you shouldn't compete with the blockbuster.
An indie film serves a niche audience very well. Now it is easier, more than any other time in history, for indie filmmakers to reach
their audiences.
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posted by GBH @ 12/18/2008 1:07 AM
