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>>Not to mention the point still stands that he thinks this
>will
>>work out for indie filmmakers, when it won't, because
>there's
>>literally not a single other indie filmmaker that people
>will
>>pay 30 bucks to hear talk every night.
>>
>
>
>Woa there. Aren't we getting ahead of ourselves a little
>here? We have no idea yet how exactly this tour will go, let
>alone how he would run it for other film makers. Maybe people
>would be willing to pay that much if the movie was good, you
>don't know that, maybe he'll do a q&a on those other tours
>too.

No one will pay that much for a standard film, especially a low enough budget one that it could conceivably make its money back this way. So literally the only way for him to possibly "sell" the media on this idea working is by making it really about people coming to see him and hear him talk-- the movie is just part of the swag, it's not the draw at all.

> We just have no idea how to look at an idea that far
>ahead that hasn't even really been fully conceived yet, I'm
>with you on that this could potentially be a risky move, but
>don't shit on things that aren't even close to fruition yet.

But Kevin Smith brought this up. He brought up for a long time in that rant how it was important that indie filmmakers get a chance to distribute their films themselves like this--- and then he begged theaters to let him show his because he'd be bringing his special niche audience.

I'm not shitting on the concept, I'm shitting on the execution and the contradictions he's lacing his own argument with.