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Oddly enough, money is also why exciting movies are made. Not many people make movies, nor art, out of the generosity of their hearts.
by psychlops 5y ago
Oddly enough, money is also why exciting movies are made. Not many people make movies, nor art, out of the generosity of their hearts.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI think I would argue that the "art" is in fact made by people without the expectation of financial gain. Everything else you're describing is not in fact "art", it's a product.
- seanhandley 5y agoNo kidding. I'm not saying "money is wrong, make all films for free". When a production team makes a movie, they take a risk. I think the problem is that the people making the artistic decisions are also the ones trying to minimise risk and maximise revenue. I appreciate a film needs to be a commercial success to make it worthwhile to the creators, but there comes a point where the artistic integrity has been utterly sacrificed and you get a dull, anemic, forgettable film.
- psychlops 5y agoFair enough. I thought you were going down the "capitalism is bad" route. I think I understand what you mean. > I think the problem is that the people making the artistic decisions are also the ones trying to minimise risk and maximise revenue. Knowing absolutely nothing about production, I would surmise there is a financial science and formula applied to films estimating modelling their potential profit. I mean something like "there must be x car chases to draw y amount of viewers" for an action film and so on. Since such formulas would be based on past data, we rarely see something fresh as it's riskier.
- CuriouslyC 5y agoYou can have movies make money without having the money drive creative decisions. The bottom line focus of corporate content is the reason american pop culture has turned to shit in the last 20 years and everything is a remake or a rehash.