Mike Clarke
@mikeclarke
Mike Clarke
“Don't be afraid to self-distribute that movie — and this just a small logistical detail — if you have a company that's offering you no money and you don't like the guy who's running it, I actually would recommend self-distributing instead of selling it to them. Because this movie which is not valuable now — in 9 years when you are really
... See moreIn communism you waited an hour to get into a store, in monopoly capitalism you wait an hour to get out of the store
@patbahn on Twitter April 8, 2024
Adrienne Rich wrote, “I do know that art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of the power which holds it hostage.”
Cole Haddon • Charlie Kaufman Reminds Screenwriters Who They Really Work For
- Act like a band on tour. Put effort into your brand. Sell merch. We’re working on vinyl records, custom Blu-rays, enamel pins, shirts, and books. Not only do all of these things help establish our brand as filmmakers, but (bonus) they’re also additional revenue.
Moneyball for Indie Filmmakers: How to Compete When the Game Is Rigged
When two people work on a shared project – a joke, a product, an essay, a story – and are able to understand and build on each other, that’s the peak of the human condition.
Shreyas Hariharan • The Goal is Resonance | Shreyas Hariharan
Resonance over scale. Be like Rastafarians. Numerically small. Enormous in cultural influence.
Bob Doto • Resonance over scale
Instead of constantly strategizing about how to bring audiences to us , we need to flip the idea: we should be thinking about how to reach them in a more horizontal, community-based way—by going where the audiences already are.
The Crisis Isn’t Cinema. It’s the Industry.
I used to be totally dismissive of the idea that automation could lead to bad economic outcomes because my view was people “always” had this fear about new technological developments, and it was “always” wrong. But it wasn’t actually always wrong. The Neolithic Revolution set average living standards on a downward trajectory for a few thousand... See more
Human history in the very long run
We must reclaim the creation of a public sphere through film—especially as all cultural life is increasingly privatized, corporatized, and platformed.