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Time To Reinvent The Film Biz

I think you know I think we need to reboot the entire film ecosystem.  We know it doesn’t work the way it could.  We’ve been talking about for awhile, but we can do more.  How do we step it up?

If you read my post this morning, I hinted at something new to come.  Well…

Fortunately I was approached by The ReInventors recently and we have decided to team up. The ReInventors have been looking at how we can approach different problems and tackle them.  They do this via an interactive web discussion done it the form of a show.  They have tackled artificial intelligence, health care, education, and other high level topics.  And now they want to focus on Hollywood.

I have agreed to host ReInvent Hollywood, a six part series looking at the form, the audience, the artist, the business, the support organizations, and the rules of the game.  Every other Tuesday at 11A PT I will be joined by five or six other experts in the field to consider where we are now and how we might build it better.  The great thing is that you can easily join in as we do it via Google Hangouts.

THIS should give you a bit of the flavor:

If we could redesign the film culture and business into the best possible system for artists, the industry, and society at large, what would it look like? 
 
Read more about it here:
 
And of course none of this would be possible without the support of Fandor, where we are committed to building the world’s film community, by advancing and preserving film art and culture, for the artists, the audience, and the industry at large.
 
I’d love your suggestions for guests for each of the episodes.  I have some good ideas.  Some of the first episode are booked.  But I know you will have  a lot of great suggestions. They don’t have to be industry people. Folks from other fields are really welcome.
 
Let me know your ideas!
Ted

 

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