There’s been a lot of glamorous financial news in the papers lately… multi-media conglomerates, billions of billions of dollars in assets… and much more such mergers are to come, or so we are told. I would like to hear some glamorous talk about elevating the quality of films and television. Entertainment that in the words of T.S Eliot: “Enlarges the Sympathies that stimulate the mind and the spirit, that warms the heart, punctures the balloons of hypocrisy, greed, and sham. Tickles the funny bone and leaves us with a glow that comes when we have been well entertained.” Making millions is not the whole ballgame. Fellows, pride of workmanship is worth more. Artistry is worth more. The human imagination is a priceless resource. The public is ready for the best you can give them. It just maybe that you can make a buck and at the same time encourage, foster, and commission work of quality and originality.
Words like this encourage me to be a better filmmaker. A better storyteller. A better artist.