How do you distinguish between the specialty film distribution business and the other options for independent filmmakers?
I don’t think it’s a question of the specialty business. His perspective is one of somebody who has been an executive with the traditional model of distribution. He details a lot of companies that are going out of business, or that are financially challenged. The possibilities for a filmmaker are broader and more diverse than the state of some companies operating in a traditional way. The spectrum of possibilities has broadened over the last six years, and there have been a number of filmmakers out there trying a lot of different things, creating new models. They’ve had a lot of successes. The fact is that independent features and documentaries are having a really difficult time right now, and I think that these tentpole movies are going to continue to dominate movie theaters. There will be aberrations, like when The Visitor came along and made headway theatrically, but mostly it’ll be about movies that have big marketing budgets and big stars. The place that independent films will hav
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