Friday, May 19, 2006

Miller's Blues

Someone pointed out this article out over in this forum. A couple snippets:

"[The entertainment industry is] not my favorite business, just because it's one I'm not that engaged with like the car business and the basketball business," Miller said this week. "I don't understand it as much as the others."

...and...

Miller said the box office disappointment of "The Work and the Glory" has "extinguished" his desire to be a movie producer. "I have no interest in the movie [production] business any more," he said.

What seems disappointing to me, Miller does not seem to understand (as he himself put) the mechanics of entertainment profiteering. Obviously, Mormon Cinema is fledgling. But even so, I think it is recognized generally throughout the industry that profits do not come from the box office. It's all about the other outlets: international markets, DVD sales, merchandize, and so forth. Miller's "box office disappointment" was arguably a decent success considering his market saturation and so forth. But, then, maybe we just need people who understand the business a little better and believe in it. I give him a thumbs up for trying.

posted by Rhapsidiomite @ 10:33 PM
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