Independent Films Quotes

“Oddly, our mall had a small movie theater that showed foreign and independent films. I loved going there, loved how what I saw often confused or embarrassed me, how the movies there made me think in ways that only books did.”
― Ann Hood, Morningstar: Growing Up with Books

“Harvey Weinstein took pride in not paying bills,” recounted Miramax’s former chief financial officer John Schmidt. “But when you stiff a filmmaker you are stiffing the very lifeblood of what your business is. The whole independent film business is based on championing the small guy.”
― Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence