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Roger Ebert: I'll tell you why movie revenue is... →
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1. Obviously, the absence of a must-see mass-market movie. […]
2. Ticket prices are too high. […]
3. The theater experience. […]
4. Refreshment prices. […]
5. Competition from other forms of delivery. […]
6. Lack of choice. Box-office tracking shows that the bright spot in 2011 was the performance of indie, foreign or documentary films [this has arguably been the case since 1989...
November 2011
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“First of all, let’s clarify what the NASA budget is. Do you realize that the...”
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July 2011
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“Every day, neuroscientists are revealing who you are and how you function. They...”
June 2011
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Herzog: How the Director Affects the Budget
Q: How does your frugality affect your cast and crew?
A: Hollywood has a tendency to throw five new crew members at everything that comes as a slight problem. So I say, ‘No, stop! We have to sort things out. We have to be intelligent.’ More people just makes everything clumsier. For example, on Bad Lieutenant, Eva Mendes asked for a fairly large entourage. I told her that I had waived my right...
May 2011
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
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April 2011
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“When they ask “Why does Hollywood make such shitty movies?” it’s because when...”
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“Mysticism is lazy. Apocalypticism is stale. The new futurism embraces...”
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March 2011
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February 2011
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