If there's something that can be formulated, regulated, give you security, then nobody would lose money. Every movie would be successful. And that's certainly not the case.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits.
People are very reluctant to invest unless they know it's going to be a sure thing, and let's face it: film is never a sure thing.
Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.
It kind of irks me that the studio films still have to be so safe even though they don't really cost as much to make.
I think, unfortunately or fortunately, the reality of Hollywood is that if your movie makes money, they'll make another one.
Now, more then ever, we have the ability to make films for almost nothing and that's broken down all barriers of entry. I think it's a new golden age of film-making. With that, there needs to be the ability to recoup investment dollars, people need to make money.
There have been movies like 'Paranormal Activity' or 'Blair Witch Project' in Hollywood that showed you could do movies with little or no money. It doesn't prevent them from creating larger than life spectacles as well.
For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.
Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?