tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post6894814418632857852..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #706: Closing The Window?Furious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-5717628617942823792011-04-06T09:29:15.279-03:002011-04-06T09:29:15.279-03:00I caught "Primer" last week. A smart, f...I caught "Primer" last week. A smart, fairly decent little movie made for $7,000.<br /><br />SEVEN - THOUSAND - DOLLARS<br /><br />It's box office:<br />http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/business<br /><br />Total gross?<br />$424,760<br /><br />And it shows more intelligence and creativity than most blockbusters combined (exception: Inception).<br /><br />I think it's the start of Blast Hardcheese's floodgate idea.<br /><br />How Hollywood can't learn from something like this is just... expected. Because I read Furious D.Nate Winchesterhttp://natewinchester.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-82346055149533779622011-04-05T08:37:06.069-03:002011-04-05T08:37:06.069-03:00Remember Goldman's Law, "Nobody knows any...Remember Goldman's Law, "Nobody knows anything". Now apply that to an industry that is getting squeezed between falling ticket sales (because most of the movies are crap) and new technologies (digital filmmaking and distribution). Why would we expect them to start acting like rational beings *now*?<br /><br />Nope, they're going to keep flailing around. Eventually, someone's going to have a mammoth hit movie outside of the typical studio/distributor/theatre system, and that will be that. Think of something like Kevin Smith's plans for "Red State", without the jerk behavior and with an actual good movie.<br /><br />Once you have a proof of concept, then the floodgates will open. And the studios will be done.Blast Hardcheesenoreply@blogger.com