“Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing.” FirstsActorsNamesIndependentJustifyFinancing Author:Steven Shainberg
“I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at the same time, I go directly to Hollywood for financing and distribution. I find it's best for me to work within the Hollywood system.” WantFilmCreativeCuttingHollywoodIndependentFinalsFilmmakerDistributionFinancing Book:Spike Lee: Interviews Source: Spike Lee: Interviews
“I love the financing. It's fun to do studio movies, too. I think you should do both. You don't want to be this, "He's an independent film guy." It sounds like, "He makes his own dresses."” ThinkingWantShouldFilmGuyFunSoundIndependentDressesStudiosIndependent FilmFinancing Author:Bill Murray
“The way financing for independent movies goes is great. You get the money from the guy who's actually doing the distribution in France. You say, "Do you want a piece of this movie?" And he's got to sell this movie to get his money back. That's the brains of it; that's the genius of this financing. "You want Germany? Give us a million dollars and you've got Germany."” WayWantGivingGuyBrainMillionsPiecesGeniusIndependentSellsDollarsFranceGermanyDistributionMillion DollarsFinancing Author:Bill Murray
“You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. There's like, 18 different independent film-financing funds. In fact, I think the children of those films are getting made. A more interesting question is whether those films are going to get seen and appreciated.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenHas BeensMadeDifferentFactsFilmInterestingIndependentStudiosLabelsFundAppreciatedIndependent FilmFinancing Author:Edward Norton
“As an independent filmmaker, to develop the money and the financing and the structure and the whole process, and then promoting them and traveling with them, which is a part of the process that I've always enjoyed and I've learned a great deal from.” WholeProcessDealsIndependentStructureEnjoyedFilmmakerI've LearnedPromotingFinancing Author:Todd Haynes
“I just thought, given the practicalities of financing an independent movie, you have to have some names. That's just the way it works. You have to have a name that can get you foreign pre-sales.” WayNamesGivenIndependentFinancingPracticality Author:George Ratliff
“Money solves a lot of problems and when you don't have money, you've got to do all this other stuff to solve the problem. It's very hard. I would love to have not necessarily a studio because then you lose so much control but I would love to have decent independent financing where I have the freedom and I have the money to do it right, to not be asking people to work for free or to work for half the rate and not ask those favors again and again because I now owe all these people back who've helped me.” PeopleHardProblemAsksStuffLosesHalfAskingIndependentRateStudiosSolveFavorsDecentAgain And AgainFinancing Author:Julie Davis
“Independent means one thing to me: It means that regardless of the source of financing, the director's voice is extremely present. It's such a pretentious term, but it's auteurist cinema. Director-driven, personal, auteurist... Whatever word you want. It's where you feel the director, not a machine, at work. It doesn't matter where the money comes from. It matters how much freedom the director has to work with his or her team. That's how I personally define independent movies.” MeanTermTeamIndependentPretentiousFinancing Author:Alexander Payne
“A lot of people get stuck, like, "Oh, if it's made by a studio, it can't be independent." Often they link it to the source of financing, or how it's distributed, but I don't really know how you can. A filmmaker will take his money from anywhere. It doesn't matter.” PeopleIndependentStuckFilmmakerFinancing Author:Alexander Payne