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Spirit Award ‘Anora’ Director Winner Sean Baker: “Indie Film Is Struggling More Than Ever”
Sean Baker championed indie cinema in his Spirit Award Best Director winning speech for 'Anora'
Baker spoke about how it takes three years to make a feature, and that one needs to have such a huge box office hit to realize any great profit. “If you’re a writer or director trying to break in right now, you’ll make a film for free,” Baker said, “take the DGA minimum and divide it by three.” Of great importance to keeping it indie for Baker, is making a movie with complete creative freedom and casting whereby a studio isn’t greenlighting based on box office terms or social media followers.
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