From: Regina Pancake (regina@appliedfx.com)
Date: Tue Nov 26 2002 - 23:50:22 MST
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>Given a worst case, would the world truly end if we only would see only
>low-budget independants instead of the usual Hollywood pabulum?
No it wouldn't end but... ??? Come on! you'd not have future productions
equal to say, 2001 or Blade Runner or Aliens or The Matrix or Star Wars or
Contact or Minority Report, all of which required the big budgets and all
the bells and whistles of their time. We'd be relegated to the likes of
things like "Relationship movies" not one of which I can remember its name
at the moment. I *hate* that crap! I mean some of its ok, but its a far cry
in my book.
>I don't
>see what is so expensive about movies if you cut out $$$ for the stars,
>promotion, distribution, special fx, and the gazillion of support crew.
>What was so expensive what Tarkovsky did at Mosfilm? Why, the silver
>halide on celluloid (allright, acetate, not nitrate). Really.
You are kidding right?
>High-resolution footing is fundamentally cheap, and so is special fx if
>rendered.
The hell it is.
>Talent is not cheap, but I assume they're not in for the money
>(no more than 99.99% of all musicians are), and everything else is pretty
>much zero cost.
Tell me your not serious. I just can't tell if I should freak on these
statements or just exclaim you a funny guy.
Regina
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