1. "I was daydreaming about Malick's The Tree of Life" In response to In response to 0
and thinking about all the spools of film he must've gone through to get the childhood montage, and the failed experiments after failed experiments it must've taken to get the creation sequence, and I thought what it takes for a big studio to set that up. No way Malick or tons of directors would do what they do as independants with digital cameras, even though cheap cams and a cool website are the future of film I think.
I've been thinking that smae thing about the seventies albums folks love so much and how major labels were integral, like Whats Goin on and such.
Still, talent needs Industry? The Jester needs the King's court? Sounds like an alluring theory but I can't say that's absolute tho. There must be tons of musical examples analogous to the Independent seventies filmmakers like Hopper and Coppola after their big bad studio system fell.
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