We own the night
I just got back from seeing we own the night, which was a great film. I gotta say excellent, great storyline, many surprises, lots of drama, awesome camerawork/direction and great acting. Mark W. as always plays a cop, he just looks like one. Though i’d be willing to bet that joakim (is that how you spell it) phoenix was high during the entire filming, rosy cheeks and spaced out eyes even in the scenes where hes supposed to be sober, but still a good role and well done. One of the best movies of the year, reminds of another Mark W film the departed. Kudos.
Mark Cuban good job. I remember a post on his blog a while back about how to save film, i have an answer and its all of 2 words: “PROFIT SHARING” make everyone in the film from director to the intern to the 3rd assistant of the staff accountant accountable, everyone makes money on the backend primarily and studios stop padding costs. This way everyone has an incentive to make good film and a lot of the shit will go away. I was on line for we own the nights and the theater was packed, and people waiting for the next show. Good film = good audience = paying customers. I would also offer the DVD’s for sale on the way out and make it available online immediately. The easier people have access to good film - the faster word gets around. Just cut the shit out of the process and you have a much better shot at success and since films will cost less you can make more experimental fare.
