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As William Goldman once said:

Nobody knows anything...... Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess and, if you're lucky, an educated one.

And based on that, everyone believes they may have the next Blair Witch Project or some other indie gem that does fantastic business based on word of mouth on their hands. And studios throw millions at what look like dead certs, only for them to tank at the box office. It's just promoting your product, nothing more.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:12 pm It's just promoting your product, nothing more.

Announcing it in the most baritone of voices as a "major motion picture". That's yer starting point, right there.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 3:51 pm

Abernathy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:45 pm Always a "major" motion picture isn't it? Does nobody ever make a minor film ?

There's a group of people who make very low budget British gangster films. These are minor DVDs let alone minor motion pictures. One particular pair of charmers are known for not paying people and almost getting one of their actresses decapitated by an exploding door.

Is there still such a thing as DVD films?

There's still a market for VHS porn through the post for Express readers.

Making movies is labour intensive and if your crew a being paid in cash that's a lot of money being laundered very easily. A lot of trips to the building society for Danny Dyer and Tamar Hasan with £9,999 in cash.

davidjay wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:28 pm
Is there still such a thing as DVD films?

Good question. I looked up the pair of "filmmakers" I had in mind earlier. If there were a DVD film industry, I figured they'd be involved in it. Seems to be TV movies these days.

Youngian wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 6:52 pm There's still a market for VHS porn through the post for Express readers.

Making movies is labour intensive and if your crew a being paid in cash that's a lot of money being laundered very easily. A lot of trips to the building society for Danny Dyer and Tamar Hasan with £9,999 in cash.

I'll see your Danny Dyer and Tamar Hasan, and raise to Nick Nevern and Simon Phillips.

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 1:09 pm

Abernathy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 12:45 pm Always a "major" motion picture isn't it? Does nobody ever make a minor film ?

“Now a major flop you can see on Netflix in 2 weeks!”

Back in the 90s the Fox Network would often do movies of the week of variable quality and often they would cover crimes or scandals they did one on OJ Simpson for example. The Simpsons would sometime parody these