Damn, what an interesting read. It sounds like you have a lot of cool experience! Film making was always what I wanted to do but I never had access to the necessary resources. I still frequently write storys/scripts/screenplays but I have yet to produce one that I really found "good". It's tough to be your own critic!
I hear you on Netflix- I think it's a bit of a garbage platform. I ditched that one and tried Hulu, where I found some better stuff but not what I was looking for. MUBI sounds interesting; I'll have to check that out. I also prefer B movies to a lot of the high budget shit being pumped out. Are you a horror fan by any chance? I know it's a hate-or-love kind of genre, and there's a lot of trash in it but it's also a community that supports a lot more independent filmmakers and allows more room for plot-driven films and prioritizes filmmaking over budget; often times using the cheap budget for a comedic effect in a well-written and directed film. At least, that's my view on it; I'm no expert.
If you are, have you ever checked out Shudder? It's currently my only streaming subscription. I love it. There's a lot of trash on there, and there's a lot of gold. But, I'd rather watch a trash independent film than a "great film" that's greatness is defined by budget and actors. As Stephen King famously said, "the worst horror movie I ever saw was fucking great"
Thanks man! I truly appreciate thoughtful comments like these.
Cool to hear about your affinity with filmmaking. Being my own toughest critic was one of the reasons why it took me so long before I started taking filmmaking seriously. I merely studied it for ages, before I took the plunge. It´s probably also the reasons why I often abandon projects.
That kind of sucks as it looks interesting and I (used to) like horror a lot. Together with scifi (especially mixed in one) it used to be my favorite genre. A little less these days, as there's enough horror and fear in the world and I'm a sensitive human being who only know realized how much everything we consume affects us. I still admire most horror classics though aside from torture stuff without a message.
P.S. Trash and gold sounds like a golden mix and that Stephen King quote made me smile!
This documentary might inspire you. It sure inspired me! ( hopefully you can find the full movie somewhere )
Hope to see you around!
Yeah, I took a few film classes during my year and a half of school. I had to drop out as it wasn't working for me financially. It was pretty much the only subject I was studying I was fully interested in- I often forget that that was the direction I wanted to go with my life, yet it proved to be unrealistic for me, at least at the time.
Oh I feel you there. I think that's one of the reasons I love horror so much though. It offers a different perspective to these issues, and the way esoteric monster stories can be used to represent these issues is something fascinating to me. Take Night of the Living Dead for example, speaking of classics. The political implications of that movie are incredible, and the way they use a story about the undead to represent these things is amazing to me. On the flip side, I also can use the pure shock value of horror to take myself to a fictional world to get away from the issues of the real world.
And yeah, torture porn sucks. I'm glad that's a mostly universal concept. When I've talked with publishing companies before that's always in the rules; "we don't want torture porn*.
Bummer Shudder isn't available where you are. My partner lives in Chile and has the same issue there. It's still a fairly small independent streaming service, compared to most; hopefully it will grow into a more international thing, even though it's a very niche community.
I am definitely going to check out the documentary! The name sounds familiar, but I certainly haven't seen it. Thank you!
Catch you on Cine. I'm excited for that. When I first got into blockchain(Steemit) I mainly wrote film reviews, as well as music. Film was my "thing" though. Hoping to get back into that routine!
and I almost forgot to mention that the XTRO trilogy that I briefly talked about (and might review soonish) belongs in the horror scifi b movie genre.
Oh perfect. I'll be keeping my eye out for that review, and it may inspire me to check out the trilogy :)