Annodam Films just released the Rick L. Winters film Blank for free via BitTorrent, and for pay on DVD. Interesting: You download it, watch it, if you like it, you donate money or buy the DVD, and the filmmakers (not studio heads) get paid.
”It is our concept that if people like the movie they will go back and make a donation at http://www.blank-movie.com, or one of our other sites, thus allowing us to make another film and release it in the same manner. Basically the consumer pays what they think the film was worth to them.”
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”After several distribution offers Rick L. Winters decided the best coverage for the film would be through self distribution and peer to peer networks. He believes that the art of film should not be denied to anyone because of their financial status. With the ever growing cost of going to the cinema, the future of film is in the home market through peer to peer distribution.”
”The thing that makes this film unique is that it is a co-op based concept where are the entire cast and crew worked on a deferred percentage of the films gross. In other words, the cast and crew own a percentage of the films gross, so the profits are not going to Hollywood executives but instead into the pockets of the filmmakers themselves. Again the objective is to use profits from this film to make another movie and release it in the same manner. No one should have to pay for a film they did not like. No one should be denied the right to enjoy the art of film.”
”In the past Hollywood has dictated what we all see and how we see it but all that is about to change with the upcoming revolution of how film and media is distributed peer to peer. I have seen firsthand the greed that lurks in the Hollywood corporate circles.”
(via Zombie Room)
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