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Originally Posted by Once A Villain
It's all about marketing and demographics with Hollywood. They want to squeeze as much money out of the public as they can. On the other hand, independent movies are made with heart and soul, by directors with a real creative passion. The goal isn't money, nor is the goal to please as many people as possible. The goal is to make what they want to make, how they want to make it, and allow that film to find its own audience. These films are generally more respectful of an audience's intelligence, and we don't tend to feel so much like a statistic when we view them. Also, since they don't have the interference of a producer interested in cash, they can achieve artistic heights that are generally unattainable in Hollywood.
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Or they're crap, in the case of anything made by a certain Uwe Boll...
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It's like Woody Allen said: "If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right."
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I can understand his point, but I personally find it incredibly snobbish to equate financial success with a lack of artistic merit. And even if Allen meant it as a joke (which I suspect he did), I still find it an irritating comment.
