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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (20959)	8/8/2001 7:44:11 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Well, maybe you work in the entertainment industry, so know more about it than I do. I worked in the movie business from the early '80s through the early '90s; I expect that I probably do know more about it than you do. in my experience all of these professionals, when possible, though working for the money, prefer to do things that they find personally enjoyable and entertaining. Operative words here are "when possible". It is not possible to make a movie unless you have convinced a financier that your movie will earn money. Unless, of course, you use your own money, but that doesn't happen often, if at all. These days most movies are financed by corporations, not individuals, which increases the constraints: the people making the financing decisions are often accountable to still others. many of the artists I know, including one relatively famous family member, like to push the envelope in their art. This is, brain research tells us, hard-wired in our brains -- brains generally like new experiences, they process them in a different area than they process things we have done before and are familiar with and accustomed to. Of course artists like to push the envelope, we don't need brain science to tell us that. But cinema is not like other art forms. It is inherently commercial, because of the enormous costs involved. Artists whose envelope-pushing is fueled by millions - more likely tens of millions - of dollars supplied by outside investors, artists who know that their opportunity to practice their craft in the future depends on their ability to produce a return on that investment, will generally choose to push the envelope in directions that offer the highest chance of commercial success. Doesn't take an abacus to figure that one out.