tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869038346937176359.post2056670785477334431..comments2023-06-28T04:09:54.885-07:00Comments on The Film Slave: The Awful Aughtsthe film slavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15293930903036950438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6869038346937176359.post-52409311707778413302010-05-27T16:58:51.698-07:002010-05-27T16:58:51.698-07:00I don't think this past decade was that bad. ...I don't think this past decade was that bad. Obviously there are its detractors, but the good is still out there. While indie film is in a slump right now, it's the economy that is hurting it the most, and I'm talking about real independent film, not fake crap like "Juno". These smaller studios barely scrape by. They make all their money going to festivals, picking up films they find marketable, and releasing them. Sometimes they have the next "Pulp Fiction" or "Once", sometimes they don't. Very often though, they make just enough money off the few that succeed to compensate for the sore losers. Granted, this also creates a problem with this economy. Nowadays, people aren't seeing movies just cause there is nothing else to do. It's gotten so expensive, and money is so tight, you've gotta plan it and turn it into an event. With an average 3-D movie ticket price of about $15, that's a lot of money just for a night of entertainment. What this does, is smaller indie films tend to get overlooked by the general public cause these films aren't as well advertised on TV and such, and so no one just shows up at the theater and says, "What do I wanna see?" anymore, they already know going in. Why? Cause it's an event. The studios love this new method, they probably think this recession is fantastic for this reason. And even if the Average Joe American knew of these indie films, they'd still rather opt to see "Transformers" over something with more substance cause it's a brand, it's an event.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026098696817345791noreply@blogger.com