5 Reasons Why Speed Racer’s Failure Is Bad For Movies

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Published 5/13/2008 by Scott Macaulay (noreply@blogger.com) at Filmmaker Magazine
... Calderwood, Pact’s vice chair of feature film and topper at Slate Films. “Independent producers put a lot of investment -- of commitment as well as money -- into their films to make them happen, and this will give them the chance to make a proper return on their investment.” The trades and blogs were full this weekend of the now all-too-familiar box-office schadenfreude that occurs when a studio tentpole tanks. Over at her Spout blog, Karina Longworth offers a corrective: Five Reasons Why Speed Racer 's Failure is Bad for Movies. Finally, a few posts ...

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Published 5/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (NATHANIEL R) at Film Experience Blog
Spout has an interesting piece by Karina Longworth on why Speed Racer's box office failure ($18 on opening weekend with a $120 budget. OUCH) might be bad for "the cinema" some critics think it's trying to kill. Okay, one critic. That was the attention hording Armond White. I hear what Longworth is saying (and I love Bound too, nice shout out) but... ...defending the Wachowski's under "auteurism" is dangerous ground. Sure they have a point of view but do they make good films? Comparing them to Michael Bay is ...