we interrupt the summer to bring you an early TIFF rant...
that's right, a pre-pre-film festival rant about what the folks at TIFF dreamed up for 2007. rather than repost it here, just check out the moviepie blog for all the asshatty details.
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4 comments:
Oh dear.
I can understand why they're trying to introduce passes with less hassle for more casual fest 'goers. And picking movies can be intimidating -- though having TIFF pick them does feel like you'll only get leftovers. (Maybe they could enlist independent critics to put together pass combos.)
But the simplifying the product line-up thing is pretty silly. Once you figure out what a ten-coupon book is, the thirty-coupon is really easy to understand. And surely it's been a big seller in the past, so it seems like it was working pretty well as-is...
it's TIFF way of making more money. if the 30 coupon book is so intimidating, why is it always the first to sell out??
i blame noah cowan. just, you know, in general. for everything. all the time. ;-)
You didn't actually believe that film fests are designed to give access to new films? It's about money.
oh, for sure. but TIFF is already gouging audiences to a ridiculous degree -- i mean, $20+ for ONE ticket? -- so this just adds insult to wallet injury. again.
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