I never saw the Masters of Horror TV show, but it had episodes
directed by Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante, Jon Landis, John
Carpenter, etc.
-rk
On Jul 22, 2008, at 11:03 PM, Patrick Michael Tupy wrote:
Good Lord, this is so far afoot from the original question!
Craig makes the point that 'Low Budget' is a relative term and
arguing it is absurd because it is relative to the original
proposition of the post. Can a MAJOR DIRECTOR shoot an 'epic' on a
low budget? Bob, I hardly think you are suggesting that your Doc
is an epic (though I certainly appreciate the epic nature of all
filmmaking and the problems therein). Still, what is YOUR opinion
on the issue? Do you believe a Spielberg or another A-Lister could
make an 'epic' on a low budget? Enough with the 'devil in the
details' of who knows what, etc. Docs are generally cheaper to
make, which is no sin, but to compare an 'epic' type drama to a doc
or the 10 zillion films made in the last quadrillion years doesn't
answer the question.
I suppose what's inherent in the original question is have these
titans become too fat and are incapable of filming on a diet? I
think it would be fantastic to get three or four A-List Directors,
give them each $500,000 and have them make separate films then
compare the outcomes. What you have to understand is that Tom
Hanks will show up for free just like your pals will show up and do
something gratis. Those are the perks of being in their
positions. Okay, Hanks would show up for nothing 'up-front'...lol
It might be called TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE
Patrick
On Jul 22, 2008, at 8:42 PM, Robert D. Brooks wrote:
So, if $20 million is a 'low budget,' this is what I did with
about 1/8th of 1% of that amount (meaning I would have to make
this movie almost 1,000 times - just to have a budget high enough
to be considered 'low')... Although, I'll warn anyone that dares
click: NSFW (it is a Troma-film after all, so don't come crying
to me if...)! ;o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTMoKB9Zk0E
Cheers,
Bob
PS. Note to Craig: You may just notice a couple names in the
credits there: one is currently the chairman of the Independent
Film and TV Alliance and the other is the head of the oldest
independent film studio in existence, so while I may not have your
30 years in the business (only about 20 here), understand that I
do know what I'm talking about! And, just to prove I'm right:
http://www.imdb.com/List?year=2008
You'll notice that there are about 12,000 movies listed there -
just from the last 6 months (and they only list a fraction of all
the movies made - very few student films, foreign films, ultra-low-
budget films, etc...). I guess I should be expecting an apology?...
----- Original Message ----- From: Craig Miller
To: Robert D. Brooks
Cc: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Can a major director shoot an "epic" on a low
budget?
You're missing the point. You're wrong about the number of movies
made.
Your numbers all seem to be wild guesses and you haven't specified if
you're talking about feature length films or including all lengths
and formats.
I can only believe you're doing the latter because your numbers
are just
way, way off for the former. (And what makes you think each film
festival
gets applications for a completely different group of films?
Sundance
requires it hasn't been shown anywhere else before them but most
festivals have no such rule. And they don't say films can't play
other
festivals after them.)
Please don't insult us by suggesting that only you are so smart as
to know
about films not made by the Hollywood studios or that we don't
know about
low budget films. I assure you, that isn't the case.
And if you think the super low budget filmmakers all make wonderful
movies, you clearly haven't seen a significant enough percentage
of them.
A large percentage of the indies are godawful. As are the
majority of
studio pictures. But they don't suddenly become good because they're
made with low low budgets.
I've been in this business over 30 years now and I've worked with
and seen
pictures at all different budget levels. The budget -- high or
low -- isn't what
makes them good.
Craig.
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