The link between madness and creativity is undeniably there. If you are, or know anyone in the indie film world, you know this is true without needing to see any further proof: it just goes with the territory, right? And every day I try to get more movies made, seen, and appreciated, I see it clearer and clearer still.
My best advice to get a movie made remains to keep doing the same thing again and again, and expect to get a different result — which I believe is one of the standard definitions of insanity. I take it a bit further with my metaphor though, because you aren’t doing it right unless it really hurts a great deal. I suggest that if you want to get a movie made you have to do something akin to running full speed towards a brick wall, sans helmet or pads, and expect that wall to open miraculously. That’s how you get a movie made: commit to do something that has no logic and expect your passion and commitment to change the outcome. It’s nuts. But….
