JF

It's not that they don't have value, it's that there is no longer room for anything else but billion $ franchises. Even the last 2 decades of remakes is in line with that, just looking for low risk cash in on something that was once successful. Let's not reinvent the wheel here.

It's hard for me to not be resentful of that. When I moved to Seattle it was because they had like 10 indie theaters that ran revivals as well as new small screen stuff. Landmark Corp sold em off because they weren't profitable enough.

So SIFF saves a few of them but what does SIFF do? Runs comic book movies to ensure that they continue to make tidy profits so they can honor the works of Edward Norton at the festival. Maybe next year they'll get Julia fucking Roberts. Again, low risk, high draw, known quantity.

It's an absolute dreadful state where these people aren't just doing a few fun ones the whole family will enjoy, it's that's all they do and they're draining the brains of their writers and ruining any credibility their name has.

Look at the state of Sundance and the big splash from this past year was CHILD MOLESTER THE MOVIE THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL JACKSON. They're so trapped in a sensationalist world they can't smell their own farts.

How daring that the riskiest thing you do is to verbally create images for people in graphic details of a child's rape. I'm sure some marketing dickhead had the click based research to tell them how big this was going to be. People love molestation stories! It's hot, baby!

The thing I don't like is attributing this squeeze, brought on primarily by the falling rate and corresponding centralization pressures, to chud masses who can't appreciate art or sellout artists. If Cuaron had done the 7th instead of 3rd Harry Potter he'd still be doing them.

From my perspective, you're winning this cultural battle and I don't know why it matters to you unless it really matters.