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The people who write the movies, build the sets and act in the films are in guilds. Surprised there wasn’t a more direct-to-consumer avenue to explore. Maybe th
by 0xParlay 3y ago
The people who write the movies, build the sets and act in the films are in guilds. Surprised there wasn’t a more direct-to-consumer avenue to explore. Maybe they could bootstrap a production and distribution guild.
- sbarre 3y agoI've wondered this as well.. I think Netflix, Amazon and Apple were sort of that for a while, with all the deals they were cutting with production companies.. But in the end it was just Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..
- ethbr1 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists At the end, it's the startup problem. Would you rather gamble all your money and get all the winnings? Or get a salary regardless of how things turn out?
- bitsandbooks 3y agoThis was the original idea behind United Artists from its formation in 1919 until it got bought out by Transamerica in 1967.