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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 6:17 PM - Tampa Indie Film Log for Filmmaker C. A. Passinault
Tampa Bay Film Will NOT Promote, Or Support, B.S.
Anyone want to get a bad sunburn?
Some of the things that we are seeing are simply outrageous!
This is sad. A certain large film festival which we respect more than
the others is now selling indie film workshops for several hundred dollars
and is having pseudo-film festivals during the year which are not even
film festivals. In our opinion, none of this is worth it. It would be
like looking at the schedule at local cinemas, picking out films and film
showing times which fit your idea of a theme, calling the cinemas and
offer the use of your film festival name to pimp what they are showing,
and then "packaging" them as a film festival. The film festival
and other events are spread out over several venues and several days.
Participants have to pay $25.00 for a few movies at different locations,
and they are movies that aren't even indie films. They are "B"
or "C" list movies, movies that we haven't heard of, which we
may buy as a budget DVD at Walmart for $5, but wouldn't pay full price
to see in any cinema. Oh, and paying over $100.00 for an all-access pass
for exclusive "parties" and the film showings is hardly worth
it, either.
The loose organization, hack-job package, and everything scattered to
the four corners of Tampa Bay is not only lame, but it is BORING. The
Tampa Film Review may have had issues, but at least it was worth attending,
especially when compared to these overpriced turkeys, put together as
a sloppy attempt to make money. There is nothing wrong with making money,
but at least give us something worth paying for! These so called "packages"
seem to be afterthoughts put together to capitalize on things that are
already going on on their own, anyway. The free, outdoor sunset "film
festivals" showing mainstream movies at a single location are a much
better deal!
If you pay for this stuff thinking that you are a "V.I.P.",
or that you are on the inside track of a "cool" film festival,
then you are an idiot! Hey, are the suckers eligible for a mileage discount
for all of the driving that they have to do? Will their insurance company
drop their auto insurance if they were to find out about all of the frivolous
driving that they are doing?
At least the Gasparilla International Film Festival, which, in our opinion,
is another overpriced large film festival, is smart enough to have their
film festival at a single venue next year. We're thinking that it is due
to lack of money to secure venues, but still, by default, it makes their
film festival better. A certain other large film festival, which used
to be the savior of large Tampa film festivals, seems to be jumping the
shark, and losing their identify as they sell out to be just like the
others. So sad!
Tampa indie film does NOT need this crap! Shame on anyone who mindlessly
helps them promote it, too. You help to sell out Tampa indie film!
Tampa Bay Film is smart. We also have integrity, and will not compromise
just because it is a slow time for indie film news and the economy is
bad. We will not be announcing this crap, or helping to promote it.
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