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All i've learned is that you need the studio system sometimes, if your budget is a certain size, and other films you can do independently. when i think of a studio, i generally think of distribution. since i'm a director, i have a similar creative experience on every film i do, because i can control that. but then it's a different film, i think, as it reaches the public, depending on the way it's marketed. i don't know. i haven't learned much of anything. sometimes you need them, sometimes you don't. sometimes they want you, most of the time they don't.
-Richard Linklater
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All I've Learned Is That You Need

Richard Linklater
All i've learned is that you need the studio system sometimes, if your budget is a certain size, and other films you can do independently. when i think of a studio, i generally think of distribution. since i'm a director, i have a similar creative experience on every film i do, because i can control that. but then it's a different film, i think, as it reaches the public, depending on the way it's marketed. i don't know. i haven't learned much of anything. sometimes you need them, sometimes you don't. sometimes they want you, most of the time they don't.
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