Comments on: Warners Closes Picturehouse, WIP http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/08/warners-closes-picturehouse-wip/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:50:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: HarryTuttle http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/08/warners-closes-picturehouse-wip/#comment-96796 HarryTuttle Sat, 10 May 2008 07:51:39 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2848#comment-96796 You suggest Haneke is responsible for the demise of some pseudo-indie affiliate. Either we don't have the same sense of humor, or I mistook your gossips for a news blog... ;) You suggest Haneke is responsible for the demise of some pseudo-indie affiliate. Either we don’t have the same sense of humor, or I mistook your gossips for a news blog… ;)

]]> By: Guilt, Blame and Other Wreckage From the Picturehouse/WIP Crash [The Day After] - Company Town http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/08/warners-closes-picturehouse-wip/#comment-96764 Guilt, Blame and Other Wreckage From the Picturehouse/WIP Crash [The Day After] - Company Town Sat, 10 May 2008 02:17:00 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2848#comment-96764 [...] its acquisition of the poisonously atrocious Alan Ball film Towelhead (another blogger disagrees, citing Funny Games instead), at least a few other observers have more official diagnoses from the murder scene.For starters, [...] [...] its acquisition of the poisonously atrocious Alan Ball film Towelhead (another blogger disagrees, citing Funny Games instead), at least a few other observers have more official diagnoses from the murder scene.For starters, [...]

]]> By: Karina Longworth http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/08/warners-closes-picturehouse-wip/#comment-96707 Karina Longworth Fri, 09 May 2008 21:19:52 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2848#comment-96707 Does it really seem like I said that? Does it really seem like I said that?

]]> By: HarryTuttle http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/08/warners-closes-picturehouse-wip/#comment-96611 HarryTuttle Fri, 09 May 2008 09:02:31 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2848#comment-96611 Do you really think that a company owned by a Major Hollywood studio is actually an "Independent" producer that releases "indie" movies? Do you really think that a company owned by a Major Hollywood studio is actually an “Independent” producer that releases “indie” movies?

]]> By: Warners Closes Picturehouse, WIP (Flix99.com) http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/08/warners-closes-picturehouse-wip/#comment-96533 Warners Closes Picturehouse, WIP (Flix99.com) Thu, 08 May 2008 22:18:59 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2848#comment-96533 [...] like a prolonged death rattle, but now that I’m reporting the second major story about people losing their jobs in the past couple of hours, I’m starting to feel like it’s not just me. The whole [...] [...] like a prolonged death rattle, but now that I’m reporting the second major story about people losing their jobs in the past couple of hours, I’m starting to feel like it’s not just me. The whole [...]

]]> By: John http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/08/warners-closes-picturehouse-wip/#comment-96510 John Thu, 08 May 2008 19:32:07 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=2848#comment-96510 This all sound like Warner Bros. is just trying to consolidate their off-shoots and better their business prospects for the inevitable economic recession (or Depression!) I don't think it has anything to do with the quality or the performance of the movies that WIP or Picturehouse released. I know-- I'm sounding like a WB shill, but I suspect that New Line, WIP and Picturehouse will all still basically exist but they just won't have a separate name to call themselves. It's like one of things that Starbucks is doing because they over-expanded-- instead of serving different blends of coffee every day, now they'll just serve the same blend, over and over again, day in, day out, with no green on their coffee cups. (That's right-- I shamelessly made a Starbucks Coffee reference.) Besides, this is better than Time/Warner/AOL/Fox News Corp./Viacom, all on one banner! It's the lesser of two evils. This all sound like Warner Bros. is just trying to consolidate their off-shoots and better their business prospects for the inevitable economic recession (or Depression!) I don’t think it has anything to do with the quality or the performance of the movies that WIP or Picturehouse released. I know– I’m sounding like a WB shill, but I suspect that New Line, WIP and Picturehouse will all still basically exist but they just won’t have a separate name to call themselves.

It’s like one of things that Starbucks is doing because they over-expanded– instead of serving different blends of coffee every day, now they’ll just serve the same blend, over and over again, day in, day out, with no green on their coffee cups. (That’s right– I shamelessly made a Starbucks Coffee reference.)

Besides, this is better than Time/Warner/AOL/Fox News Corp./Viacom, all on one banner! It’s the lesser of two evils.

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