August 31 at 8:31am

Where’s Film Biz On Kubler-Ross Scale?

Kübler-Ross’ 5 stages of grief are: denial, anger, bargaining for time, depression, & acceptance. Where’s the film biz on this list?  And where is the Indie Film Biz on the chart?

It seems to me that most are still in step one: denial.  I wrote my “38 Ways The Film Business Is Failing” post from what I felt was a place of acceptance (K-R Stage 5).  We should be ready to move on now.  Each of my 38, and the 37 I posted the year earlier, are ironclad truths in my view ;-) .  Seriously, though, each of the combined 75 statements are wake up calls, pleas to move on and find solutions.  Can’t we just hurdle over the middle three and land on the final one?

If we accept acceptance and wake up to the world we are living in, what is our next step?

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    Luckily, having been through more BAD than GOOD anyway in the indie film biz (sample: "There was a Recession in 1990" https://michaelrbarnard.wordpr..., I easily moved into "ACCEPTANCE." And I'm not alone. Anyone who considers themselves to be a "filmmaker" must possess those solid brass cajones that Palin bitches about. Filmmaking always has been merely overcoming the impossible. Even Cameron, with hundreds of millions of dollars, stellar track record, and all the top-notch union people and dream teams, still had to overcome the impossible.

    All the bad news just reveals potential for opportunities. Everything we do is aimed at uncovering those opportunities and seizing them. Let's just kick the shit out of our way and find the new pathways. Such fun!
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