Technical problems are like gremlins. They come and go. Eric Fellner More Quotes by Eric Fellner More Quotes From Eric Fellner Something like small English films were in vogue you had something like The Crying Game and everyone piled into London and wanted to make small English movies. Eric Fellner cry london games Then something fails and they're all out again, but DVD revenue is disappearing, you know, it's not disappearing but it's going off a cliff and what that's done is it's polarized the industry in a way that I've never seen before where studios are making less, they're bifurcating their choices where they're either going very, very big or they're just picking up a few rights on an acquisition basis or making really small things. Eric Fellner dvds choices rights That middle ground of films used to be 70, 80, 90, 100; now it's like anything over 20 or under 140, the middle ground has become this huge area where they don't really want to be. Eric Fellner film used want Now there's always exceptions to that and the reason is if the film doesn't really work, whereas before you could rely on a decent amount of DVD sales to prop up the revenue to ensure that you got out in a decent manner, now if the film doesn't work, the film doesn't work and there's none of that DVD revenue to fall back on and you can lose a huge, huge sum of money on a big budget movie. Eric Fellner dvds film fall So that is new in terms of where I've seen the shifts. Otherwise, it's all about taste and taste just keeps going round and round and round. Eric Fellner rounds term taste The problem with Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead is that they worked brilliantly in the UK, the US, and Australia; internationally they haven't worked so well because people don't know the films as well as in the English speaking languages. So when it comes to putting the budgets together it's quite challenging. So those are the problems you have. Eric Fellner australia challenges people You can't develop a great car and sell it as an independent. You can develop a great car and make a deal with Mercedes. Eric Fellner mercedes great you car I think it would be a good thing in the creative community if there was less embarrassment of this word 'commercial' because that's how you make a business. Eric Fellner good you community business It's fantastic to see 'Les Miserables' become the top-grossing film at the U.K. box office. Eric Fellner box become see office Film is not a national business. It's international. And its centre will always be Hollywood. Eric Fellner will always hollywood business 'No Country for Old Men' was epic. Eric Fellner old-men old men country When you watch a Coen brothers movie, it is always so certain about what it is trying to portray. That is their strength. The minute they write a word, they know how it will look on-screen. They are very purposeful, with no kind of mistakes. Eric Fellner mistakes look you strength I think Cannes is usually pretty fair in choosing what will play well to the home festival crowd. Eric Fellner will think play home Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that should have been at Cannes.' Eric Fellner think me film made I have always thought we should think less about the British film industry as an entity, and more about getting British talent working. Eric Fellner thought think always talent 'Billy Elliot' embodies the idea that anyone can achieve anything regardless of their socio-economic background. Eric Fellner anyone background anything achieve You can get swept away by a musical, but real tears are rare. Eric Fellner rare you tears real It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film. Eric Fellner rare possibilities feel you 'Billy Elliot' prides itself on being a family show, and it made sense to specifically cater to a family audience with an earlier evening curtain time. Eric Fellner being evening family time There's so much competition for leisure time, more than ever. Eric Fellner more leisure competition time
