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Re: "cozy arrangement"

Posted by halfnote (A) on December 19, 2005 at 20:21:17

In Reply to: Re: "coxy arrangement" posted by Analog Scott on December 19, 2005 at 18:31:13:

Perhaps the producers just want to make the most profitable films, and they load them up with so many special effects and costumes and all the other ecoutrements of excess simply because they think they'll get a good return on investment. And I'm no hollywood insider with any privileged knowledge. But, one has to wonder if politics isn't as big a part of movie making as anything else. If not because of any direct financial incentive, wouldn't you say that it's possible for a producer to kind of martial support for a project, and that there is a very large constituency of "special interests," like set builders and special effects shops and costume designers who could help get a picture made?

And I do believe that the Academy favors movies that keep all of the special interests well fed -- after all, it's the very same people who work for these interested parties that VOTE on the oscars. Not some meritoriously selected panel of film experts and art critics.

"Blair Witch" -- an absolutely TERRIBLE movie, by the way -- is the perfect example of a low-budget movie that made scores of millions. Yet, this isn't the kind of horror movie that holly produces. They're not looking for these kind of treatments, though, conceivably, they could be made used for almost any film genre.

I'm not saying you're wrong. But, if you're 100% right, you have to conclude that there are very dumb people producing movies, with big budget flops of all kinds littering the movie theaters. Why don't they just get lean and mean?

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