There's a lot of co-evolution going on. Changes in one thing produce corresponding changes in many other things. The term is most commonly used in biology, but it is also applicable to the current state of film and media. It's more than applicable. It is...
In the old days, publicists were often ex-reporters who mainly switched jobs so they could deduct the booze as a business expense. This was back in the mythic heydays when promoting a movie was viewed as an art rather than a science, and a well-oiled,...
It must be something in the water. Every indie filmmaker on earth is totally convinced that the key to success is the use of the social media. Countless blogs have been posted hammering away at this point. Numerous self-appointed experts have emerged to guide people...
Like Napoleon playing with a map of Europe, Hollywood is toying with the globe. At least that is the gist of a recent New York Times story. In a report on the upcoming ScreenSingapore 2011 festival, the Times finds that the foreign market is becoming...
Film making is a very expensive hobby. Even in the days of Super-8 (which existed between the Jurassic period and the Great Flood), the cost of film and lab work depleted the budget of many teenage directors. And that was minus any fancy thought of...
Sometimes experience just isn't enough. That appears to be the immediate lesson provided by the announcement this week that The Film Department will call it quits by the end of May. In one sense, this doesn't mean much. During its incredibly brief history (a mere...
Success has a thousand fathers, but failure is exclusively caused by vindictive movie critics who write back-stabbing and mean-spirited reviews in pursuit of their hidden liberal agenda. Well, that is pretty much the explanation given by the producer of Atlas Shrugged concerning the film's rapid flat-lining...
When last we checked the current box office is down. Meanwhile, the production costs for this summer's big special effects movies are suddenly skyrocketing through the roof while rumors swirl that some of these flicks may not be ready in time for their release dates....
There is no real way of determining a movie's box office. At least not in some kind of 100 percent, absolute manner. At best, the market is fickle and the audience has a constitutional right not to buy tickets to your movie. And it is...
Hey kids, let's put on a show! At least that's the gist of the recent New York Times story on the surge in internet-based indie productions. Though the Gray Lady doesn't quite utter the infamous Mickey Rooney line, she comes close. It also means that the...