From: Ezee Money (email suppressed)
Date: Sun Sep 17 2006 - 17:18:55 PDT
Hi
The Lux give I believe 50% of their fees to their
artists. These prices are for public screenings. With
the costs of administering film rentals - including
checking prints etc - I am sure at these prices,
rentals are costing them money.
John
--- Lundgren <email suppressed> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Well, I started to add up the figures renting from
> Lux.
>
> Let's say I want to see Chinese Series.
>
> Basic cost £25
> +Non-UK £20
> +Shipping back and forth (not by regular mail). £10?
> £20?
> +VAT etc. 17.5%
>
> It adds up to more than £60...
>
> Well... I'm not loaded, and that's a lot of cash.
>
> Seems like I'd save money going to the States or
> visiting Lux (if the
> viewing option is available for none-UK recidences).
>
> There should be some better options... I hope.
>
> Just for fun, as comparison; Does anyone know what
> the cost for producing a
> print of a 2 min film like that? (I'm refering to
> 16mm.)
>
> Björn Lundgren
> Sweden
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J. Mabe" <email suppressed>
> To: <email suppressed>
> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:33 PM
> Subject: Re: "How to" buy/rent films on 16mm
>
>
> > Heya Björn!
> >
> > I sometimes feel similarly isolated in South
> Carolina,
> > US. For a long time my exposure to these films
> was a
> > yearly trip to New York to see the Views from the
> > Avant Garde and occasional trips to Anthology Film
> > Archive and NYC's Donnel Media Center (the two
> > greatest places I know of in this world - anything
> > like them in EU?). But at that time, I could
> easily
> > find flights for $100-140 bucks and stay in the
> hostel
> > for $25.
> >
> > But now I have a regular job and a regular
> paycheck,
> > so I'm committing about $80-100 a month to renting
> a
> > very short program of films for screenings around
> > town. It's a lot of money, but I hope I can build
> an
> > audience and maybe not bare all the costs after
> some
> > time and work.
> >
> > I don't know how much European distributors charge
> > (have you looked at Light Cone or Six Pack - those
> and
> > LUX are the only ones I know of) - but I can find
> some
> > reasonably priced films in the catalogs of Canyon
> and
> > Filmmaker's Co-op. Again, this might not work for
> you
> > - I don't know anything about European
> distributors.
> >
> > Other options might include proposing screenings
> to
> > local theaters, arts organizations, and
> universities.
> > While I was a student at the University of South
> > Carolina it was very easy to convince the "film
> > selection committee" that we should show these
> films.
> > Again, it was probably a special case, as USC has
> > pretty good screening facilities and regular
> > screenings of 35mm films rented at obscene prices
> from
> > Swank - so my begging (annoying, more like it) for
> a
> > couple hundred to put on a nice series was pretty
> dang
> > easy (Thanks Gamecocks football!). And now I'm
> asking
> > the local non-profit arts theater in town if
> they'd be
> > interested in showing some cheap screenings that I
> > think I could sell an audience on (Kuchars, Robert
> > Breer), so something might happen there, too.
> >
> > So, that's some things that have worked for me - I
> > don't know your situation, so none of this may be
> > useful - and hopefully others have some bright
> ideas,
> > too. I think there was a thread on Frameworks not
> > long ago asking some similar questions (started by
> > Pablo Marin?). Have a look around. Best of luck.
> >
> > -JB Mabe
> >
> >
> > --- Lundgren <email suppressed> wrote:
> >
> >> So I'm sick of being out of touch, and waiting
> for
> >> this and wanting that and
> >> seeing all those notices about all those
> screenings
> >> in the US, UK or France.
> >> I want film too. ;)
> >>
> >> I've checke out canyon and lux, but it seems I
> need
> >> to be a millionaire to
> >> be able to see a 3 min short. Shipping here
> shipping
> >> there, special charges
> >> for International order etc.
> >>
> >> I figure these figures are intended for
> commercial
> >> screenings of some kind,
> >> but I sort of wonder if there's any other
> >> possibilities available for me as
> >> a private person.
> >>
> >> Perhaps it's possible to buy or rent prints
> directly
> >> from filmmakers...?
> >>
> >> Help me out, please!
> >>
> >> Björn Lundgren
> >> Sweden
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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