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Exactly.
Look at the technology that's being used in Hollywood right now; e.g. the Red Camera. People like Soderbergh who work within the system and outside of it are promoting cheap, new technology that makes it possible for new, upcoming filmmakers to shoot and finish a film. Even editing programs like Final Cut Pro (The Coens used it for No Country for Old Men) are enabling young directors to do more with little. There are a thousand examples of this, one of the best being a film done entirely with $20 (it's on Netflix, I forget the name). Now Hollywood saw this and realized you don't need a lot of money to make a movie. It all comes together pretty well.
No one likes a soulless product. But if the ends justify the means, like another Aronofsky or someone like Nolan coming along, then it's worth it, right? Those two began as mostly independent filmmakers and now they're making big-budget films with a lot of artistic merit. I see your bitterness towards Hollywood and I understand it, but it's not all bad, right?
Last edited by Justin; 06-24-12 at 03:20 PM.