Good cinema relies on good stories and good acting, not on tools and stars.
in this case the star is also a tool, heh.
Brad Pitt ‘Used as a Tool’ to Shill for AI
Also how does one consider ‘mid-budget’ to be up to $90M!?
That’s the weird part. Clerks had a budget of $27,575 in 1994. I’m pretty sure any iPhone (30 years later) has better quality than the cameras back then. Where are all the cheap movies ?
On YouTube. Perhaps on a streaming platform. Neither of which was available in 94.
Studios struggle to release mid-range movies with A-list stars in cinemas now. Olivia Wilde had to fight to get The Invite into cinemas.
Clerks was done incredibly cheap even for its time because it wasn’t a studio project.
Backrooms had a budget around $10 million which is pretty dang cheap for Hollywood. Obsession was under a million. Both were quite successful in theaters.
Cheap as dirt movies are all over free streaming apps, which replaced the discount shelves at video stores.
