It’s an arthouse movie with a major Hollywood franchise budget. There’s pretty much no way this would actually make financial sense. But you have to give them credit for taking a creative risk. That’s far too rare these days.
I didn’t think of that. So a basic, boiled down synopsis of the clip, Damon says:
With the advent of streaming, movies that weren’t expected to be block busters and make most of their money in theaters, relied on a second wave of revenue from DVD sales which made the film more lucrative, and more viable to make the more artsy movies (or as I see it dramas, which are my preferred genre).
It’s an arthouse movie with a major Hollywood franchise budget. There’s pretty much no way this would actually make financial sense. But you have to give them credit for taking a creative risk. That’s far too rare these days.
Matt Damon on Hot Ones discusses a reason why these movies don’t make the money they use too, which is sad because those are what I really enjoy most.
https://youtu.be/yaXma6K9mzo?t=841
Thanks for sharing! That was very insightful!
For the folks who cannot/don't want to open it,
It’s because in the past, things like DVD sales were a massive second chunk of revenue, but now most of the revenue needs to be made in the theater.
I do wish he spoke a little more about it though.
I didn’t think of that. So a basic, boiled down synopsis of the clip, Damon says:
With the advent of streaming, movies that weren’t expected to be block busters and make most of their money in theaters, relied on a second wave of revenue from DVD sales which made the film more lucrative, and more viable to make the more artsy movies (or as I see it dramas, which are my preferred genre).
edit: haha, shit didn’t notice your spoiler