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I agree, this goes in line with what Francis Ford Coppola recently said [1]. People refuse to accept it because they cannot understand how it could be different

I agree, this goes in line with what Francis Ford Coppola recently said [1]. People refuse to accept it because they cannot understand how it could be different. Hollywood's model is broken because it has been dependent on scarcity of distribution. This couldn't be sustainable forever. Internet fixed the distribution so Hollywood is bleeding. Art is getting easier to access and to create thanks to technology. (this is where we, startups, come in) IMHO, art will become a commodity. In a few decades, you won't pay so much to watch a movie that cost a few millions to produce. You'll pay almost nothing for a movie that cost almost nothing to produce. And it will have much higher quality than today's movies. Thanks to technology. Like you said, art will survive. [1] http://the99percent.com/articles/6973/Francis-Ford-Coppola-On-Risk-Money-Craft-Collaboration http://the99percent.com/articles/6973/Francis-Ford-Coppola-O...

sausagefeet 15y ago
Weren't 2009 and 2010 Hollywood's most profitable years?
- nekojima 15y ago
  Using GAAP or HUAP? (Hollywood's Unacceptable Accounting Practices) :-/
  - Natsu 15y ago
    Hollywood Accounting is used to make them look incredibly unprofitable so that they do not have to share the profits, so I don't think they'd be very profitable according to that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
- PakG1 15y ago
  Meaning that Hollywood isn't bleeding because of the Internet, the Internet has no negative impact on Hollywood, or you going further, that the Internet actually helps Hollywood information get distributed even better? I'd say the latter. It's so much easier for me to find movie trailers, reviews, and learn about movies I didn't even know existed.
  - masklinn 15y ago
    Just that hollywood is full of shit when they claim the internet is killing creative industries. There isn't enough hard evidence for the rest.
__s3 15y ago
Very, very well said. Your comment is 100% clear thinking. And that Coppola interview is one of the better interviews with a director, or an artists for that matter, that I have every read. Maybe it's just that you and FFC are saying what I want to hear. But I don't think so. I think you are both spot on. This is just where things are headed. Alas, these established monopolies will not go away quietly without a fight. They will sue, and they will sue again. Eventually the lawsuits will be futile. Meanwhile, to make the future happen today is to take a risk. You have to have thick skin and see past the lawsuits. They cannot sue every potential competitor out of existence. They can only make a few examples and hope it scares all the others.

sausagefeet 15y ago

Weren't 2009 and 2010 Hollywood's most profitable years?

nekojima 15y ago
Using GAAP or HUAP? (Hollywood's Unacceptable Accounting Practices) :-/
- Natsu 15y ago
  Hollywood Accounting is used to make them look incredibly unprofitable so that they do not have to share the profits, so I don't think they'd be very profitable according to that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
PakG1 15y ago
Meaning that Hollywood isn't bleeding because of the Internet, the Internet has no negative impact on Hollywood, or you going further, that the Internet actually helps Hollywood information get distributed even better? I'd say the latter. It's so much easier for me to find movie trailers, reviews, and learn about movies I didn't even know existed.
- masklinn 15y ago
  Just that hollywood is full of shit when they claim the internet is killing creative industries. There isn't enough hard evidence for the rest.

__s3 15y ago

Very, very well said. Your comment is 100% clear thinking. And that Coppola interview is one of the better interviews with a director, or an artists for that matter, that I have every read. Maybe it's just that you and FFC are saying what I want to hear. But I don't think so. I think you are both spot on. This is just where things are headed. Alas, these established monopolies will not go away quietly without a fight. They will sue, and they will sue again. Eventually the lawsuits will be futile. Meanwhile, to make the future happen today is to take a risk. You have to have thick skin and see past the lawsuits. They cannot sue every potential competitor out of existence. They can only make a few examples and hope it scares all the others.