Submitted by Craig Johnson on 6 September 2008 - 5:00pm.
Well one thing that would help place modern filmmaking properly in context, in an industry ruled by the $$....
How about a film's box office status been dictated by bums-on-seats rather than earnings?
I'm truly tired of biggest opening weekend figures when the simple increased ticket price means at this rate Police Academy 28 could end up higher up the list than Titanic!
Artistically: The story is important, but let's not forget Cinema is a visual medium. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are cases in point. Great plots, but it's Josh Brolin's profile on the bed waiting for Javier to stop outside his hotel room door... Daniel lit burnt orange by the glow from the burning oil... shot's that burn themselves into the retina.
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Well one thing that would help place modern filmmaking properly in context, in an industry ruled by the $$....
How about a film's box office status been dictated by bums-on-seats rather than earnings?
I'm truly tired of biggest opening weekend figures when the simple increased ticket price means at this rate Police Academy 28 could end up higher up the list than Titanic!
Artistically: The story is important, but let's not forget Cinema is a visual medium. No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are cases in point. Great plots, but it's Josh Brolin's profile on the bed waiting for Javier to stop outside his hotel room door... Daniel lit burnt orange by the glow from the burning oil... shot's that burn themselves into the retina.