If the low-budget film does well, it just might inspire more superstars to focus on smaller films, while big-budget movies are ceded to B-list actors.
The brothers' movies are typically set in small Belgian towns and their characters are on the economic margins, but the films focus on the ambition of their principals.
Unlike so many concert films that focus on the main event, "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" is a time capsule of tailgater ritual.
And with fewer players, those left standing can focus only on quality films that have box office potential instead of making a grab for any movie with any buzz at all.
Part of the reason is that those movies have become fewer and farther between, as studios focus on action and comedy films that feature lesser-known (and cheaper) actors.
Previous Work Experience: Started earning my stripes (and war wounds) in 2003 by working in Publicity, Finance and Physical Production Departments at Miramax Films and then Focus Features.
If the movie is a hit, expect studios to focus even more development dollars on films aimed at an international audience.
Films such as Waiting for Superman and The Lottery focus on heartstrings stories of students trying desperately to get out of bad public schools into excellent charter schools.
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It makes business sense for the studios to focus as much energy and money as possible on the biggest films that will generate the most revenue down the line.
Limbaugh may lead masses, but Winfrey is America's tastemaker, turning books into best-sellers, films into must-sees and guests into super stars with a quick focus of her attention.
And I should also explain my focus on the studios as the source of concern about what's happening to feature films.
With this kind of focus, they can go "to infinity and beyond" as a leading purveyor of films the whole family can believe in.
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