In my quest to create a Sustainable Investor Class for Indie Film, it is easy to get bogged down in the numbers. When one says “investor” hopefully we think first of “profits”, but that is not the only thing that positive choices can generate. After all, we are talking about investing in culture, right?
American art film is under threat. Independent film that is not based on the “Oops, I Farted!” template (thanks again to Mike Ryan for naming this category for me) is currently at risk. That which has been deemed commercial is not only what gets the most traction, it often seems all that people want to talk about. Generally speaking, the industry aims to create what will sell; the harder that get,s the lower they reach. Independent film was once about what we aspire to be; now it frequently seems to be focused on what we wallow in.Do you really want to be part of that? It is not just about the money, is it?
I remain convinced that we all entered the film biz driven to make something great.
How do we
