So the Indiana Jones transcript has turned out to be a bigger bit of reading than I originally thought it would, so I'll be writing about that a little later.
Now, I wanted to deal with a question that was originally brought up by Brett in one of his comments:
What drives people to make movies...money or art?
To answer this I talked with my boss, Dan, about his intentions with regard to movie-making.
His answer was quite simply, "a combination of the two."
For better or worse, the movie industry is just that--an industry.
Movie projects are primarily seen as potential investments
once the investment is seen as potentially successful (public-worthy)
then, and only then, can the artistic integrity of that investment be judged.
Unfortunately, things are extremely near-sighted in this business.
Projects for studio execs are by no means long-thought masterpieces
made by directors like Coppola and Kubrik, rather they are seen as subjects to the public eye,
potential successes or potential dvd-releases.
But in some cases, execs have the chance to consider art before finance.
unfortunately, those movies usually end up failing in some form or another.
So as a result, mediocre and somewhat redundent pictures get put out by studios
(hey, there's a reason why there are so many f'ing trilogies out there.)
SO, in sum, Unless you are a director, you rarely get the chance to be artistic.
But if you aren't a director and somehow get lucky...well then good luck, buddy.
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I'd be very interested to know what the folks at your company think about the rise to prominence of digital video (especially its low cost point for entry--that anyone with $2000 can make a passable digital film).
Do they see this as a good thing--that there are now more voices than ever out there pushing the boundaries of what can be done with motion picture media? Or are they worried these cheap upstarts will steal their bottom line by bringing in interesting stories for far less than they can in Hollywood?
Again, I'm going to guess the answer is: "a little of both." But at some level that's a bit of a cop-out. Can they explain what specifically they see as the potential problems with more competition for us all generally?
yeah that is sort of a cop out, I realize, but I'll ask around and write about it for my next piece...
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