...and yet James Cameron is planning to release his film Avatar in December, which he's been mulling over and working on since 1994. Is it that Sodenbergh thinks nobody would make the financial investment of the Matrix (paling in comparison to films like the Pirates of the Caribbean films in inflation-adjusted figures) or that nobody would make the time investment required for the Matrix movies - an argument rather destroyed by the production of both Avatar as well as series like the Lord of the Rings. This whole position by Sodenbergh seems complete self-serving baloney which, though it might sound plausible to people who find the industry just too darned competitive for their liking, does not hold water when examined closely with facts and figures. The US movie industry might not like piracy, but it certainly does not appear to be killing the business.
Sodenbergh claims nobody would make the Matrix nowadays...
...and yet James Cameron is planning to release his film Avatar in December, which he's been mulling over and working on since 1994. Is it that Sodenbergh thinks nobody would make the financial investment of the Matrix (paling in comparison to films like the Pirates of the Caribbean films in inflation-adjusted figures) or that nobody would make the time investment required for the Matrix movies - an argument rather destroyed by the production of both Avatar as well as series like the Lord of the Rings. This whole position by Sodenbergh seems complete self-serving baloney which, though it might sound plausible to people who find the industry just too darned competitive for their liking, does not hold water when examined closely with facts and figures. The US movie industry might not like piracy, but it certainly does not appear to be killing the business.
Inflation adjusted figures based on IMDB data, at wikipedia:
wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films