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Originally Posted by FLFHoles
But the reason it worked for Kevin Smith is because he is Kevin Smith. He already has an established film career. For many new filmmakers with no installed fan base, it's damn near impossible.
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That is why he can charge $65 per ticket for the showings where others would not be able to.
I know a guy named James Westby who writes and directs his own movies. He 4 walls most of his movies. He takes them from city to city and struck deals with local independent movie theaters. In some cases they split the ticket sales with him. In others he had to pay a flat fee to rent the building for his run and he kept all the profit. He actually does decently with them. He isn't getting rich, but he was getting his work out there and making enough money to cover his costs, live and pay for the budget for the next movie.
Recently he has worked as an editor on bigger budget movies and he has enough movies under his belt that he could potentially raise money and do something bigger, but he also knows that as soon as you bring in other people they want a say in how it is made and doesn't want to surrender that control.