This, she thinks, was a limiting factor as a film director.

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However, how the curators feel about a film is still the most important factor.

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It was heavily targeted to an African-American audience, a factor that often means the film won't play well abroad.

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Now, as moviegoer you may not be familiar with some of Feeney's contributions like software implementation of ultimate blue screen composting technology, but it made a big splash in the film "Terminator 2, " creating a new believability and wow factor for audiences.

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"Now producers factor in how much they can earn overseas when they make a film, " says Nahata.

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The other factor that I think will ultimately cease to matter is the continued backlash against the superhero film genre by a little group of the usual suspects.

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