Cannes Pic ‘Broken’ Acquired By Film Movement

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• Having trekked far and wide (literally) to see Mr. Murphy’s last film, “Red Lights,” I have to ask: What is it with these tiny-limited, delayed film releases? What happened to the days when someone would make a film and then– oh, shock!– push it into release so that people could actually see it? Especially with modestly budgeted, no-F/X flicks like “Broken,” and especially now that digital is the new standard in projection (which must obviate at least some of the costs involved in producing and insuring prints): Why string out the release? Aren’t films meant to be seen any more? Do filmmakers really rely that little on box-office receipts to recoup their costs and/or turn a profit? Speaking, perhaps, primarily as a fan of Mr. Murphy and his increasingly inaccessible film choices: what a frustrating state of events….

  Comment by blip — Thursday September 27, 2012 @ 11:14pm PDT  Reply to this post