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Brokeback for Download and DVD
Filed under: Distribution », Home Entertainment », Movie Marketing »
In Monday's Wall Street Journal, Sarah
McBride reports
that Tuesday's release of Brokeback
Mountain on DVD will not only herald its viewing by a gaggle of fans who got to hear all about it during award
season, but a slew of folks who are into the whole "I got a copy online - legally" thing, too. While this
will apparently be a pricey proposition for those who choose to go with the broadband-downloaded version -- the
expectation is that "newer" films on Movielink will be between $20-$30, according to the article -- the big
story here is really that the studios are getting with the program, and realizing that downloaded versions, whether
legal or not, are the way things are going, and a preferred method for a lot of people. Will this bring a little bit more positive light towards Movielink and the studios? Maybe a little, but probably not that much if the pricing is going to be out of whack. A lot of people who like having a digital version would still know how to get around most of the security features of whatever they have purchased above the board, and the extra step might be worth a 50% bounty on having that digital version. Let's just realize that for the big biz folks, it's all about baby steps.
Filmmakers on filmmaking - Indie Features 06
Filed under: Independent », Scripts », Distribution », DIY/Filmmaking », Movie Marketing », Cinematical Indie »
Filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake has started Indie Features 06, a group blog for indie filmmakers with feature films
in (or soon to be in) distribution. The set-up is kind of loosely based on the indieWIRE blogs and GreenCine
Daily, two of our fave film sites. The idea is that the participating filmmakers can either write posts to Indie
Features 06, or point to posts in their own blogs. They'll be talking about film related stuff, the fun of getting
distribution, submitting to festivals - all the gut-wrenching work of indie filmmaking that you have to deal with after
you've done the fun, creative part of making your film.
The blog is spandy-new but looks like it has the possibility to be a interesting read. Angry Filmmaker Kelley Baker has a great journal going about how he's touring Europe, showing his films and teaching. Another blogger has kinda sorta found an agent, and is agonizing over festival rejections. And Magicfying films, which has a film showing in NY right now called September 12 (I bet you can guess what it's about, but it may not be quite what you think). Film Threat liked it, so maybe we'll have to see about getting little paws on a screener and checking it out ourselves.
[ via Filmmaker Magazine Blog, who found out about it over at Green Cine Daily ]
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