“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
“We have a thriving subculture of 'independent' American movies that makes an impact on America as a whole roughly equivalent to that of a the modern literary novel. These are the films sincere viewers marry, whereas, once upon a time, movies were a lifetime of one night stands.” WholeAmericaFilmNightNovelModernHollywoodIndependentImpactLifetimeSincereViewersOne NightOnce Upon A TimeAmerican MovieOne Night StandSubculture Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“I think, honestly, that the word 'indie' is a false gimmick. 'Independent' used to mean a movie that was financed outside corporate Hollywood, but a lot of what gets called independent these days is totally produced within that system. And there's nothing wrong with that.” ThinkingMeanUsedHollywoodIndependentHonestlyCorporateThese DaysGimmicks Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!” EnoughBigsFilmHonestHollywoodIndependentBeing HonestIndependent FilmHollywood Films Author:Sean Bean
“I know, that trends and all of those things and formulae that calculate what audiences want to see and what audiences don't want to see and various other demographic demarcations are the eccentric and ludicrous prerogative of Hollywood studios. But out there in the real world - by which I mean the rest of the world where we make truthful organic films, independent films unimpeded by interference - it's not about all those sort of calculating what is commercial. It's about wanting to say things and saying them in a way that will get through to people.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayWantMeanRealFilmAudienceHollywoodIndependentVariousStudiosTrendsReal WorldTruthfulEccentricInterferenceDemographicsIndependent FilmCalculatingPrerogativeHollywood Studios Author:Mike Leigh
“Mainstream Hollywood makes a few good movies a year. And in order to be in one of those, you have to be one of five people. Hollywood makes many bad movies too, which I'm not interested in being a part of. But there are only a few good independent movies a year, and many, many bad ones. I want to be in good movies, and I want people to see them.” PeopleWantYearsOrderFiveHollywoodIndependentMainstreamNot InterestedGood MovieBad Movies Author:Maggie Gyllenhaal
“I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.” RealizingAttentionDirectorsHollywoodIndependentFilmmakerSensibilityContradictoryAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Doug Liman
“The American independent cinema is as formulaic as Hollywood and one genre is what you might call the 'inaction movie'. The setting is invariably a decaying town in a regional backwater where a catalytic stranger or returning native meets up with a group of sad, eccentric outsiders.” MightGroupsHollywoodTownsIndependentStrangerSettingSettingsGenreCinemaNativeOutsidersInactionEccentricGenre Is Author:Philip French
“I don't know what the misconceptions are, but I approach a small budget, artsy, independent movie in the same way as a big budget, commercial Hollywood movie. I don't get into those [details]. I have to get into my character and I concentrate on that, on the story, on researching, and on certain training if I have to be prepared physically. I think that's the most important thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayImportantCharacterStoriesBigsCertainApproachTrainingHollywoodIndependentImportant ThingsPreparedDetailsBudgetsBe PreparedMisconceptionHollywood Movies Author:Olga Kurylenko
“Many of us had this idea of doing independent film, of making personal, relevant films, as opposed to Hollywood fluff. I directed a few.” IdeasFilmHollywoodIndependentRelevantIndependent FilmFluff Author:Robert Kane Pappas
“The problem for independent filmmakers is that huge companies control all the promotion, all the advertising. Hollywood films' advertising budgets are as large as their shooting budgets.” ProblemFilmCompanyHugeHollywoodIndependentAdvertisingShootingBudgetsFilmmakerPromotionHollywood Films Author:Robert Kane Pappas
“I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.” WholeBigsSpiritFeltHollywoodIndependent Author:Billie Joe Armstrong
“Most movies suck, even the independent ones. Hollywood is like baseball: Hit three good ones out of 10 and you're a Hall of Famer.” ThreeHollywoodBaseballIndependentHalls Author:Denis Leary
“I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.” FilmHollywoodIndependentIndependent FilmHybridHollywood Films Author:Spike Lee
“I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries.” ShowsBigsKidsFilmClassTeachMajorsHollywoodIndependentDocumentariesFifthIndependent FilmBlockbusterUsc Author:Leonard Maltin