MinionZombie
06-Mar-2006, 09:36 AM
I just watched these last night on ITV4, really just wanted to see how much screen time Kevin Smith got (his speech was the best one, all the others sucked and dragged on far too long - at least Smith was actually funny).
But it's funny how Capote or Brokeback Mountain are considered independent films - well they might have gone through a different funding route, but all those films had big-name stars (from film or TV) and certainly had enough money to pull of a very polished looking flick - and secure mainstream distribution.
I guess it goes like this:
Indie Film
Independent Film
Hollywood
Indie film is the proper independent stuff, people not getting paid, a budget not measured in the high hundreds of thousands or millions even. Indie film has a bunch of people there making a film in adverse conditions, going out of their way for a month or a few months, just chipping away at their work. "Clerks" was an indie film - $25,000 on credit cards - a bunch of first timers, filmed over night while everybody had jobs to go to the following morning. It was a big risk to make, it challenged the audience and came before it's time, it was made with a passion - not because some millionnaire actors had a couple of weeks free and enough money to put themselves up in the Hilton for the duration, using the experience to add some credibility to their resume.
*sigh*
Still, at least Smith's speach was funny.
But it's funny how Capote or Brokeback Mountain are considered independent films - well they might have gone through a different funding route, but all those films had big-name stars (from film or TV) and certainly had enough money to pull of a very polished looking flick - and secure mainstream distribution.
I guess it goes like this:
Indie Film
Independent Film
Hollywood
Indie film is the proper independent stuff, people not getting paid, a budget not measured in the high hundreds of thousands or millions even. Indie film has a bunch of people there making a film in adverse conditions, going out of their way for a month or a few months, just chipping away at their work. "Clerks" was an indie film - $25,000 on credit cards - a bunch of first timers, filmed over night while everybody had jobs to go to the following morning. It was a big risk to make, it challenged the audience and came before it's time, it was made with a passion - not because some millionnaire actors had a couple of weeks free and enough money to put themselves up in the Hilton for the duration, using the experience to add some credibility to their resume.
*sigh*
Still, at least Smith's speach was funny.