I love the scene in David Mamet's film State and Main in which one character (a newcomer to the movies) asks an experienced film hand, "What's an associate producer credit?" To which the man responds, "It's what you give your secretary instead of a raise." Even on the smallest of movies (including Space Daze, which I recently reviewed for Mindjack) there are numerous producers listed. What all these people actually do is beyond my understanding, and apparently the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences agrees. In this article, it's reported that they're trying to limit the number of producers that can receive credit for a film (and hence, the Oscar). It's about time someone got a handle on this industry glad-handing that's made creative recognition into a meaningless reward system.
| :: posted by Ian Dawe, 6/24/2005 | Comments (0) Links to this post |
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