For Indie Filmmakers, it’s not easy to stand out from a very large crowd
Esteemed and often peeved Chicago Reader critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has done the heavy lifting, and here are the numbers he’s crunched from Film Comment‘s Annual List of films played theatrically in the United States:
Major studios released 119 films
Specialty divisions of major studios released 49 more
Independent distributors were behind nearly 500
Films playing at Festivals accounted for the remaining 1,600-plus titles
Total: 2,400 titles
With that many films, of course, it’s impossible to see them all. That makes the anointed best of the year either really impressive, or not impressive at all.
[Source Jonathan Rosenbaum’s Year End Piece from the Chicago Reader. Yes, Mr. Rosenbaum plans to retire from film reviewing at the end of February 2008 and we wish him well. A truly great critic and a tireless prospector for the rarest of cinematic gems.]
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