#stateofcinema

The inspiring, intelligent, and pure @bootsriley in his #stateofcinema address @sffilm #sffilmfestival @victoria_theatre_sf. Honored to listen to a fellow #sffilmmaker #sffilmmakers #filmhouse #filmresidency #artistresidency. Thank you for paving the way. And thank you for being an awesome presenter and moderator @cvonkuhn. First time at the #victoria. Some highlights — “let’s experiment with form. So, we can pierce our brains... film allows us to engage people in life, so we can change the world around us” “to the funders here — you have to be open to what hasn’t been done before” “Race and class are intertwined. Poverty is built into the system.” #aboutsaturday mini #flashback #mission #sanfrancisco (at The Victoria Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/BweAYB5gLKy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4y7womo378oh

"Coming from someone who sees a whole lot of films, I can say that from personal experience, it is easier for me to justify paying $12 dollars to see an indie film that I know needs the box office earnings than a brainless, special effects-ridden, artless piece of blockbuster processed junk," he told the crowd. "And then we have filmmakers that seem to be in the business just for the money alone—look at the Twilight franchise. That's a series of teen books that could have been made watchable, at the very least, if in the right hands, but all that happened was someone sat down one day and went, 'Hmm, I could make millions on this without lifting a finger.' So they hired crappy actors, crappy filmmakers and produced a piece of shit that tweens and teens naively gobbled up. Films like that are, in my opinion, ruining the industry. That's not cinema, that's bullshit."

State of Cinema: Steven Soderbergh

- hats off to a man who speaks out.

State of Cinema: Steven Soderbergh

State of Cinema: Steven Soderbergh

State of Cinema: Steven Soderbergh

State of Cinema: Steven Soderbergh