Tonight I got lucky and stumbled across "Machete Maidens" on cable. A doc that chronicles Roger Cormans B movie odyssey across the Philippines in the 60's and 70's. http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/index.php/2010/09/12/tiff-2010-machete-maidens-unleashed-review/
When I was a kid I'd go to downtown LA and watch 3 or 4 low budget kung fu movies for 99 cents.
Corman's formula is still valid: hot chicks and action sells. So can someone shoot a few holes in why the grindhouse theory couldn't work today? All the inclination goes toward web distro or a web series on youtube bur I never hear about people successfully monetizing those models. It's always "Yeah, it's on Netflix..." and Netflix seems to have become a euphemism for the Elephant Graveyard of indie films.
How about going old school: 3 pg-13 actioners for a dollar, and somehow figure out how to get a cut of a the popcorn and softdrink revenue. You could sell a lot of popcorn over 6 hours of exploitation movies. Kids would love it. I did when I was a kid. Presumably, you'd need to 4 wall it somehow so you could control the concessions.
Anyway, probably been discussed before, just throwing it out there for discussion.
When I was a kid I'd go to downtown LA and watch 3 or 4 low budget kung fu movies for 99 cents.
Corman's formula is still valid: hot chicks and action sells. So can someone shoot a few holes in why the grindhouse theory couldn't work today? All the inclination goes toward web distro or a web series on youtube bur I never hear about people successfully monetizing those models. It's always "Yeah, it's on Netflix..." and Netflix seems to have become a euphemism for the Elephant Graveyard of indie films.
How about going old school: 3 pg-13 actioners for a dollar, and somehow figure out how to get a cut of a the popcorn and softdrink revenue. You could sell a lot of popcorn over 6 hours of exploitation movies. Kids would love it. I did when I was a kid. Presumably, you'd need to 4 wall it somehow so you could control the concessions.
Anyway, probably been discussed before, just throwing it out there for discussion.