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The Filmmakers Podcast
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How Can You Tap Into the Zeitgeist?
I think it is possible to tap into the zeitgeist. I mean, there's two of them. There's probably like several of them. You can get a film like Colin's 50 pound zombie film, which every UK distributor turned down until the sales agent took it to Cannes during austerity. And somebody jumped on the idea that this was an austerity zombie film, you know, and all the national newspapers covered it. It actually wasn't made for 50 quid. But what a good hype. Good little catchment angle. Not even a short is made for 50Quid. Unless you're going to put in all your mates - most people do for short.
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