Why Is It So Hard To Find A Great Movie — R. Ellis Frazier
Film Courage: Why is it so difficult to make a great movie?
R. Ellis Frazier, Director, Producer, CEO at BADHOUSE Studios: There’s just so many moving parts to make a great movie. You look at films like Apocalypse Now, Godfather the real great movies, Forrest Gump. There’s so many moving parts and so many people have to believe in the project from the financiers, to the actors, to the distributors, to the people that are making the adjustments on the script and things of that sort. You have to get lucky.
Let’s be real on having all those things come together because it’s not just the money, it’s not just the money and it’s not just the big actor, it’s got to be the whole thing. I look at films like Forrest Gump and that’s just a truly brilliant piece, expansive and meaningful, it makes you cry…
