The “Godfather of Gore” Lucio Fulci predicted in the early 90s “Cinema won’t survive this era. Why? It can only be made for real in America since the real money is there. But they have no ideas. From now on you will only see remakes and sequels”
The one and only George Romero was asked last year “Why modern directors don’t make movies that show their personal view anymore?”. Romero answered in a flash “Why would they? Nobody cares what they really think. Besides, they know very well if they look for a budget they need to propose movies which don’t upset anyone. When they look for a distribution they know far too well what kind of product is likely to be financed”.
Only real Independent Cinema can make real films: movies which look for something more than pure revenue (i.e. Art concept).
The problem for Independent Cinema is
1) To exist a movie needs to be seen.
2) To be seen a film needs a distribution
3) Distributors just look for money (isn’t it Netflix?) so won’t take risks, they won’t show real movies, those which dare. That’s it.
Hence: Cinema is dead, long live the Cinema...
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