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In Reply to: Re: MIB........2 posted by tinear on July 06, 2002 at 06:43:20:
Hi,
studios require theaters to play films; indefinitely. They do this to drive up the gross from a film, to improve Oscar chances. This also squeezes out small market films, like those geared for adults. In the long run, their audience grows up and leaves.I will say, that old fashioned movies didn't do well for a long time. I adored A Walk in the Clouds, it was a wonderful film done in classic Hollywood style with great actors (the role Keanu played fit his understated style)....and there were 3 people in the theater. It's one of my favorites, gonna get it on dvd one of these days.But I suspect that the industry ground out so much hamburger that the steaks got lost in the the detritus. But what else can you expect from the people that said the VCR would be the end of their industry? That lethal little box has made them a billion in profits, and may someday add another billion to the pile. Idiots.
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The more intellectual the film, the more likely it is to only have three members in the audience. And that's a 7PM weekend showing, too. Not the 11AM matinee on thursday. Also in that case I'll probably be the youngest person in the audience. I'm 24, BTW. (often the case during thursday night for the Cleveland Orchestra at Severence Hall. Or rather, when I attended semi-regularly with my girlfriend. My old boss used to have season tickets, and for a couple of seasons, he could only rarely attend. So I lucked out. :-) )
The little films still get made and released and often make a profit, but probably not when compared with summer blockbusters. Why? Because folks are looking for F-U-N!!! Parents are looking for films that can entertain themselves and the kids who are out of school. Kids and older teens aren't looking for intellectual "foo" either; what they want is something to take their minds off of the normal presures of being an adolescent.Small-market films are much cheaper to make, more likely to be considered at Oscar time, and do their best business in the Spring and Fall (i.e., when school is back in session). Small films still thrive because actors who typically make the Big Bucks in blockbusters often take cuts in their salaries to appear in "prestige" pictures in the hopes of getting Oscar attention and thereby making the box-office demand even higher. Note: As I see it, a star's demand is probably based on how well he/she "opens" a picture; the amount of fall-off from week to week can therefore be attributed to the movie's direction and scripting.
So, while I will concede your point about some studios and certain "big-wigs" in Hollywood trying to contract theaters to show certain big-budget films ad infinitem (i.e., George Lucas comes to mind instantly!), I can't agree with your glaring generalities about the whole industry being composed of "idiots."
AuPh
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