Reverence of film over TV is weird: Waters
One week from wrapping up the shoot for Chris Lilley’s new show Angry Boys, Princess Pictures director Laura Waters says she doesn’t understand the priority that the entertainment industry places on film over TV
“Maybe [Lilley] will make a film one day, but it’s kind of a mystery to me why there’s always this pressure about making a film,” Waters told Encore.
Princess Pictures will release its first feature next month, the romantic comedy I Love You Too (directed by Daina Reid and written by Peter Helliard), and although Lilley’s success might also translate successfully to the big screen, the transition is not a priority for the team.
According to Waters, reaching an audience is more important that the medium that is being used to tell a story.
Barometer of the depth our local screen industry’s plummeted when somebody can make a provocative (& truthful) comment such as these?
1. She’s right. The reverence is weird.
2. The Australian film crowd (let’s face it – it’s never been an industry) is a cheat and a disappointment. The millions and millions of our taxes have bought us only a smug sub-culture greedy for more.
The film crowd and their supporters have grown fat – feeding themselves bigger and bigger doses of taxpayers’ funds and self-congratulation while they’ve dished up to Australian audiences a steady diet of dross and disappointment.
3. The part that works is television.
4. It’s time for serious policy change. Take away the teats from every “I’m a filmmaker.” if they can’t be weaned by now, better we should be rid of them.
5. If there’s money to be spent – spend it on television and cut out the bureaucracy.