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Posted at December 31, 1969, 6:00 pm: I don't think there's an increae in foreign films per se, i think there's just become a more demanding niche audience that distributors can successful release a film to. Hollywood makes about 2000 films a year, distributes 460, and about 50 are successful, thats a hit rate of 2.5%, whereas industries like France have 30% of their box-office occupied by French films, of which 100 are made and 10 are successful, hit rate of 10%. Not sure how that fit's in but it interested me. Anyway, i think industries like Japan are stuck in a Catch 22, the small production companies make the excessive films, which in turn American distributers buy cheaply then release and in turn a niche is created who want more of these films, opposed to other more artistic films, same applies for France, films like Irreversible and Haute Tension are picked up cheaply and distributed abroad. Also DVDs and internet shopping has just allowed the niches created to have growing access to foreign films, and Hollywood is learning that foreign films can mean success, look at Spirited Away- nominated for an Oscar (suprise!) yet campaign effort was put in as it was against 2 of the companies own films, so now hopefully Howl's Moving Castle won't suffer the same fate. And Shaolin Soccer, im pretty sure it was dubbed and recut yet still made money, so now Kung Fu Hustle is released in original form. I'm actually just reciting my last exam answer, but whatever. Rock on foreign films. As for CGI, i agree with Yoda, you can't fault LOTR for the use of CGI, but i also agree about Star Wars. Let's not forget the films like Ichi the Killer used CGI, apparently it was used as a commentary and ironical, but i'm not convinced that's not just a cop out. Original of the message was taken from http://www.movieforums.com/community/ Previous Post: Quote: Originally Posted by Yoda I could not ... Next Post: I think it is a mix of both. |