Comments on: State of the Indies, Part 2 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:35:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Underground’s Future in Digital? » Bad Lit http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-48027 Underground’s Future in Digital? » Bad Lit Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:07:34 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-48027 [...] Future in Digital? Posted Under: Underground Film Festival News Over on SpoutBlog, Katrina linked to this Salon article about the dismal state of independent film. I dunno, is there [...] [...] Future in Digital? Posted Under: Underground Film Festival News Over on SpoutBlog, Katrina linked to this Salon article about the dismal state of independent film. I dunno, is there [...]

]]> By: The Chutry Experiment » They're Twittering! They're Blogging! http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-47707 The Chutry Experiment » They're Twittering! They're Blogging! Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:54:19 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-47707 [...] villains,  such as “crappy” theaters, shorter attention spans, and especially–as Karina notes–those socially-networked, hyperactive [...] [...] villains,  such as “crappy” theaters, shorter attention spans, and especially–as Karina notes–those socially-networked, hyperactive [...]

]]> By: Tom http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-47698 Tom Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:38:51 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-47698 Jeez... I discussed the critical obsession with the length of movies on my blog recently and, having mentioned YouTube, A.D.D. and TV, was told to "Get A Clue" in the comments. Where was Joel when I needed him? But seriously, I hosted a panel discussion with IFC Prez Jonathan Sehring here at the Sarasota Film Festival in April, and we discussed "Day and Date"/device-based content delivery in depth. He was of the opinion that, without question, digital in-home and portable movie delivery is the future of cinema because people don't care about going to movie theaters. They want to see films anyway they can. Which certainly explains his company's decision to stop distributing films outside of a very small group of urban theaters but is by no means the right answer for film lovers. Exhibition of art films is in big trouble. BIG TROUBLE. Jeez… I discussed the critical obsession with the length of movies on my blog recently and, having mentioned YouTube, A.D.D. and TV, was told to “Get A Clue” in the comments. Where was Joel when I needed him?

But seriously, I hosted a panel discussion with IFC Prez Jonathan Sehring here at the Sarasota Film Festival in April, and we discussed “Day and Date”/device-based content delivery in depth. He was of the opinion that, without question, digital in-home and portable movie delivery is the future of cinema because people don’t care about going to movie theaters. They want to see films anyway they can. Which certainly explains his company’s decision to stop distributing films outside of a very small group of urban theaters but is by no means the right answer for film lovers. Exhibition of art films is in big trouble. BIG TROUBLE.

]]> By: Jane http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-47676 Jane Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:00:30 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/20/state-of-the-indies-part-2/#comment-47676 Many distributors of indie films are so focused on chasing the "kids" audiences, they're forgetting the older audiences that grew up going to movies as a main source of entertainment, before there was Twitter, and iPods, and YouTube. Many distributors of indie films are so focused on chasing
the “kids” audiences, they’re forgetting the older
audiences that grew up going to movies as a main source of
entertainment, before there was Twitter, and iPods, and
YouTube.

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