Do you think that independent films and filmmakers can be considered great?
I ask this because anytime someone mentions great films or filmmakers, no one seems to mention the ones that are independent. Why is that? Is because they’re independent and don’t have big budgets? That shouldn’t matter filmmaking is an art form and it shouldn’t matter how much money you have.
For example, I think films like One Hour Photo and Lost in Translation are among some of the best films I’ve ever seen and their directors are great as well and should be recognized as great 50 years from now. What do you think?
I like the 2 films you mentioned, but somehow I don’t think they’re going to be considered as great as "Citizen Kane" "2001" "Casablanca" "Gone With the Wind" & other truly great films, not 5, 50 or 500 years from now.
See the sources below for a few "50 best independent film" lists & an article on indies.
February 21st, 2010 at 6:50 pm
I definitely agree with you, independent film making is great
I think that the reason that they aren’t named when people talk about great film makers is because they aren’t known, the same happens with music.
If you talk to anyone about great film makers they may tell you about, Spielberg or anybody else but only the ones who make big budget films.
References :
February 21st, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I like the 2 films you mentioned, but somehow I don’t think they’re going to be considered as great as "Citizen Kane" "2001" "Casablanca" "Gone With the Wind" & other truly great films, not 5, 50 or 500 years from now.
See the sources below for a few "50 best independent film" lists & an article on indies.
References :
http://www.filmsite.org/independentfilms.html
http://www.imdb.com/chart/independent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film