I’m a kid of the 70’s so when I read about indie films from the 80’s that I’m not familiar with, I have to pay attention. That’s what happened when I read this
Alongside “Slacker,” “Roger & Me,” “Poison,” “Sex Lies and Videotape,” and “Paris Is Burning,” nearly twenty years ago Whit Stillman’s “Metropolitan” marked a distinctive moment in American independent filmmmaking. Yet two decades later, the film is not as widely available as other classic U.S. indies.
So that mean’s I’ll be heading over to Hulu.com sometime this coming week when I need a break at the office. And if you’re interested in the economics of indie film making, read the entire article which includes this quote
Asked this week what he thinks about the ways that the business of independent film has changed since he made “Metropolitan,” Stillman said, “Well, things were bad then, too.”
By the way, did you know they have “The Office”
Post a Comment