I'm not saying "money is wrong, make all films for free".
When a production team makes a movie, they take a risk. I think the problem is that the people making the artistic decisions are also the ones trying to minimise risk and maximise revenue.
I appreciate a film needs to be a commercial success to make it worthwhile to the creators, but there comes a point where the artistic integrity has been utterly sacrificed and you get a dull, anemic, forgettable film.
Fair enough. I thought you were going down the "capitalism is bad" route. I think I understand what you mean.
> I think the problem is that the people making the artistic decisions are also the ones trying to minimise risk and maximise revenue.
Knowing absolutely nothing about production, I would surmise there is a financial science and formula applied to films estimating modelling their potential profit. I mean something like "there must be x car chases to draw y amount of viewers" for an action film and so on.
Since such formulas would be based on past data, we rarely see something fresh as it's riskier.
I'm not saying "money is wrong, make all films for free".
When a production team makes a movie, they take a risk. I think the problem is that the people making the artistic decisions are also the ones trying to minimise risk and maximise revenue.
I appreciate a film needs to be a commercial success to make it worthwhile to the creators, but there comes a point where the artistic integrity has been utterly sacrificed and you get a dull, anemic, forgettable film.