Thanks so much for this DB and I hope we get more posts and analysis from you in the weeks and months ahead. Thoughtful, accurate, and fuel for the future.
I love the idea of a FilmCamp. The hard-to-find problem would probably resolve itself if critics were incentivized (small royalties?) to create their own lists of movies to watch.
Also, when you mentioned Bandcamp allows people to upload movies, they've got a 500mb size limit, so that precludes features. :(
Great article. But I think the analysis is only correct for right now. I don't really see a world where AI hasn't completely taken over content generation in the next few years. I agree that IP and uninformed consent are things that need serious overhaul, but we are seeing the birth of a completely new medium and there may not be a clean path from here to there. When the digital tools give you better control and end-result why go with the alternative? That include creating made up people. Why have the baggage associated with a real life actor, even scanned, when you can generate exactly the look you want and adjust as needed for the task at hand. That leads to the even bigger change of completely generated, and immersive, worlds that AI will be able to build on consumer hardware within the next few years. All sides in this issue are about to see a totally new world of content and I don't think any party right now fully accepts or understands where things are about to go.
Incredible analysis, DB. One question I have, somewhat related: do you feel that loss of revenue from piracy sparked the rise of streaming at all or had any impact? I assume people still use Torrents, etc to access some movies and TV but I have a theory that streaming may have reduced piracy through ease of use - I'm thinking within North America mainly. Any thoughts on this?
Great article DB. You would probably love Curzon in the UK (plush cinemas and home streaming service of art-house/indie movies). They also serve great pizzas!
Thanks so much for this DB and I hope we get more posts and analysis from you in the weeks and months ahead. Thoughtful, accurate, and fuel for the future.
I love the idea of a FilmCamp. The hard-to-find problem would probably resolve itself if critics were incentivized (small royalties?) to create their own lists of movies to watch.
Also, when you mentioned Bandcamp allows people to upload movies, they've got a 500mb size limit, so that precludes features. :(
But, I still think the idea as a concept is good.
Great article. But I think the analysis is only correct for right now. I don't really see a world where AI hasn't completely taken over content generation in the next few years. I agree that IP and uninformed consent are things that need serious overhaul, but we are seeing the birth of a completely new medium and there may not be a clean path from here to there. When the digital tools give you better control and end-result why go with the alternative? That include creating made up people. Why have the baggage associated with a real life actor, even scanned, when you can generate exactly the look you want and adjust as needed for the task at hand. That leads to the even bigger change of completely generated, and immersive, worlds that AI will be able to build on consumer hardware within the next few years. All sides in this issue are about to see a totally new world of content and I don't think any party right now fully accepts or understands where things are about to go.
What a fantastic read! Thank you for so much to think about.
Incredible analysis, DB. One question I have, somewhat related: do you feel that loss of revenue from piracy sparked the rise of streaming at all or had any impact? I assume people still use Torrents, etc to access some movies and TV but I have a theory that streaming may have reduced piracy through ease of use - I'm thinking within North America mainly. Any thoughts on this?
Thank you for this. An excellent read!
A follow up essay from Matt Stoller about the crisis of vertical integration in Hollywood: https://open.substack.com/pub/mattstoller/p/make-hollywood-great-again
Great article DB. You would probably love Curzon in the UK (plush cinemas and home streaming service of art-house/indie movies). They also serve great pizzas!