I don't even quite know why this has caught my attention so much. I think it's just that I love the idea of a little indie movie getting a proper old-style Hollywood premiere and breaking this horrible cycle of straight-to-DVD indie movies that get no publicity because nobody knows they're out there, but nobody knows they're out there because they got no publicity. And because it's not fair that a handful of directors get to do the red carpet thing all the time with bloated crappy movies that aren't worth the ticket price, and great, talented indie directors never have that chance at all. It's like the idea that every kid should get to be a princess or a knight or a superhero once in their life. Every filmmaker or actor should get to do the Hollywood thing once. Dreams like that matter.
*crosses fingers* Come on, come on...!
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I'm just incredibly glad they've succeeded and I'll be waiting to see what if any effect this has. I mean, if nothing else at least it's one moment of glory for indie cinema, but I'm hoping it will lead to more of the same kind of thinking - if something can be done once it's possible, and if it's possible it can be done again, and if it's done enough it becomes customary. Be nice, wouldn't it? :)
I may be wrong, but I think the majority of indie movies are made in this way now - if not directly part-funded by crowdsourcing, then funded by other parties to a level which reflects the online 'buzz' the project's been able to generate. The time it takes is scary, though. I wrote an article about a project called The Mourning Portrait (which looks superb) two years ago I think - and they're still at the 'trailer and good ideas' stage. I've done my bit, I hope...
I'm still pissed off by AD Lane (who has amassed £100,000 in donations for his film) and his failure to answer me and Dave Flint's questions about where the hell the money is and what he's doing with it, but thankfully people like him are rare.
That's why the idea of a separate kickstarter for something like this, rather than just for the movie costs overall, seems both clever and very honest to me. It's explicit that your money will be spent on promoting the film, not on the nuts and bolts of making it; so you can decide for yourself whether you want to help pay for that in particular, or whether you're going to be all underground and kvlt and skip over that step. Nobody loses and nobody feels ripped off. Gotta be good, right?
Anyway, I'll be at the virtual premiere, so it'll be fun to see how it goes! :)