"Movies Are a BAD DEAL!" - Oliver Stone Reveals The Brutal Business Of Movie Making

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  • @ginobozzi3954
    @ginobozzi3954 16 днів тому +27

    Oliver Stone is a creative genius. A insurance salesman or a business man can’t understand this. You are driven by the creative process not the money at the end of the road.

  • @smokingzombiefilms
    @smokingzombiefilms 18 днів тому +15

    That’s why we’ve had an onslaught of garbage remakes for the past 15 years. Every original story is a risk but movies that are remade have the rights bought & paid for…

    • @IvanLeonard-b7y
      @IvanLeonard-b7y 16 днів тому

      The rights are probably the cheapest aspect of making a movie. That's not why they are remaking stuff. It's because it's a proven successful property and is more likely to be successful with a new audience.

  • @ricardobjj24
    @ricardobjj24 18 днів тому +30

    That's true. If a movie doesn't make a billion dollars, it's considered a fail now a days

    • @przemysawdobrzynski2590
      @przemysawdobrzynski2590 15 днів тому +2

      Can't agree with that. It's true only when you have movies with absurd big budgets - they need at least a billion to make some profit or sometimes break even. The rest and most of them don't have this budgets and don't have this problems.

    • @EddieHenderson92
      @EddieHenderson92 15 днів тому +1

      Studios need to take chances by supporting original middle budget movies again and cut the budget for these big blockbusters. No movie including comic book movies should cost $200 or $300 million to get made.

    • @przemysawdobrzynski2590
      @przemysawdobrzynski2590 15 днів тому

      @@EddieHenderson92 Well, I can agree with that but on the other hand 20 years ago big films cost 120-150, adjust it for inflation and you have aprox. 200 mil. That not "that much" when you talk about these big blockbusters. 300 mil and more is absurd, I can agree with that fully. How can studios get back to support small and middle budget movies when there is no audience for them? I mean movie going audience, because people watch these movies on Netflix. Streaming and quick release of a movie after theaters (sometimes 3 weeks) killed the small and mid budget films in theaters basically. I see no reason for regular folks (don't talk about movie buffs) to go to the movies to watch something different than blockbusters nowadays, unfortunately. Studios can't fight with this.

    • @EddieHenderson92
      @EddieHenderson92 15 днів тому

      @@przemysawdobrzynski2590 Nosferatu is doing well. I know that is clearly a remake, but Robert Eggers brings his own style to it and Oppenheimer almost made a billion dollars. I think people want more movies geared towards adults again.

    • @przemysawdobrzynski2590
      @przemysawdobrzynski2590 15 днів тому

      @@EddieHenderson92 There are some examples of good mid budget movies doing good business and exceptions to what I wrote but overall it doesn't look that good for the studios. Nosferatu is doing well but previous Eggers movies were a finacial flops. Oppenheimer was a total aberration. Some people went because Nolan is a powerhouse and his every movie is an event, just like with Spielberg movies years ago. Some people went because of the story. But a lot of them went because of this weird but cool Barbienheimer thing. I personally saw lots of people who were buying tickets for Barbie and Oppie so those two films helped each other make more money. I'd say Oppie was a winner of this because this film benefited the most out of this situation. Normally it would make probably around 400 mil, and only because it's a Nolan flick. So it's a pretty bad example because it was an aberration, a gimmick of sorts, not something that you could rely on when talking about studios situation. And 95% of other movies, even these blockbusters, are not making any money right now. All these big franchises are burned out, people want something different but nobody knows what exactly so there are 2 hits and 8 misses in todays box office reality. And that's not a good deal for anyone.

  • @user-cg7dg7uv8f
    @user-cg7dg7uv8f 18 днів тому +41

    Stone is being gracious, but he is not engaged - Patrick is a guy who doesn't get art or the artistic process and should probably not interview creative types.

    • @RonaldReaganRocks1
      @RonaldReaganRocks1 17 днів тому +2

      Exactly!

    • @sykadelik459
      @sykadelik459 17 днів тому +9

      Hes an insurance pyramid schemer who got rich defrauding elderly folks.

    • @Jizzle76
      @Jizzle76 16 днів тому +2

      Perfectly said. I normally like him a lot but this is a cringe interview for that exact reason 👏

    • @ginobozzi3954
      @ginobozzi3954 16 днів тому

      @@sykadelik459true story and so many lemmings still follow him.

    • @JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD
      @JERSEYBOYPLAY2HARD 16 днів тому +1

      Patrick wanted to be an artist but not never made it or didn’t try. I agree with you.

  • @natea2247
    @natea2247 14 днів тому +9

    Patrick always exhudes a slimey salesman vibe.

  • @joeldoesdesign
    @joeldoesdesign 17 днів тому +9

    Patrick Bet-David comes off as an extremely uncreative person who can’t wrap his head around doing something because you love it and are good at it and have a vision for it. He’s always managed people who have creative talent - but never experienced the joy of having and cultivating that talent himself through decades of work.

    • @Jizzle76
      @Jizzle76 16 днів тому +1

      💯

    • @joek600
      @joek600 14 днів тому +1

      Patrick is the sort of guy you DON'T want to deal with when you are in a creative post. I have developed a different way of communicating with these shark types. I justify every decision through a ''do this or you will lose money, or lose time, thus you will lose money''. That shuts them up 7 out of 10.

  • @rogerm3708
    @rogerm3708 18 днів тому +6

    What I have learned from failures is it hurts a whole lot less, when you fail at your passion because it was something that needed to be done to confirm it to be a loser

    • @irshadazeez4764
      @irshadazeez4764 17 днів тому +1

      Good take. Sometimes you believe something deserves to exist, and that's enough

  • @tradeyourselftowealth7149
    @tradeyourselftowealth7149 17 днів тому +5

    From the early eighties to the mid-90s Oliver Stone was Hollywood's Golden Goose. As a result absolutely everything he does makes money and everybody wants to be in business with him. Putin was willing to stake his 200 billion personal fortune in a slate of Stone films.

  • @thetequilaprofessor
    @thetequilaprofessor 14 днів тому +2

    Entertainment is a numbers game just like every business except the outcome is never known in entertainment.

  • @quarantinebored1427
    @quarantinebored1427 14 днів тому +2

    It goes to show you that it doesn’t matter if you’re an A list Director that has won 3 Oscar’s, it’s a business.

  • @of1300
    @of1300 16 днів тому +2

    I follow my heart. Wow. There’s a filmmaker

  • @DIGIDANN
    @DIGIDANN 18 днів тому +4

    Platoon is my favourite movie and love Oliver stone. I’ve seen platoon over 30xs

    • @MrDeceptacon88
      @MrDeceptacon88 18 днів тому +1

      You wasted ur life

    • @94462
      @94462 15 днів тому +1

      Ur wasting your life on UA-cam

    • @MrDeceptacon88
      @MrDeceptacon88 15 днів тому

      @@94462 not x 30

    • @DIGIDANN
      @DIGIDANN 15 днів тому

      @@94462you have 10 years on UA-cam lol

  • @RoofDoctorsJoanne
    @RoofDoctorsJoanne 14 днів тому +3

    I don't mind PBD, but Oliver Stone had a hard time talking about his craft with guy.

  • @Pazzi-y3k
    @Pazzi-y3k 11 днів тому

    Happy Safe New Year to you & family

  • @vl8962
    @vl8962 14 днів тому

    Our entire society has exchanged art, purpose, and meaning for mass appeal and profit margins.
    International Bankers and Multinational Corporations are to blame.

  • @mercedessanroman8264
    @mercedessanroman8264 15 днів тому +2

    Patrick, you interrupt your guests and then you answer for them. You have to learn how to conduct an interview, pal. Let people speak!

  • @desertpalmproductions9974
    @desertpalmproductions9974 14 днів тому

    No, no, no. The business / financial needs of a film or series are not inherently, inexplicably at odds with the artistic intentions. Yes, they often end up antithetical, but they do not have to be. In a long career in the business, I have witnessed numerous examples where films and series can be a very good business while still being a high art form.

  • @successsystem2468
    @successsystem2468 17 днів тому +5

    Stone see right through PBDs 💩 questions 🙄

  • @jasoncrandall
    @jasoncrandall 15 днів тому

    The Cold War wasn’t “fear”. It was a huge money maker for the military industrial complex.

    • @davegibbs6423
      @davegibbs6423 6 днів тому

      It was Communism. They wanted the world.

  • @lorenzo6mm
    @lorenzo6mm 18 днів тому +2

    Stone the expert on Weed, worldwide.
    Still maintains California bud are the best in the World. His movies ? His art direction is flawless, his politics in his movies?
    Not so much.❤

  • @mikew1507
    @mikew1507 16 днів тому +2

    That quote about "one for myself, one for Hollywood" is from Spielberg, not from Scorsese.

    • @przemysawdobrzynski2590
      @przemysawdobrzynski2590 15 днів тому +1

      I thought that it's something wrong with this quote. It didn't fit Scorsese because he is not doing movies for "them". I don't think he ever did typical studio picture in which he was a hired director to do what studio wanted to make. With Spielberg it makes sense.

    • @FranzSanchez-ky9up
      @FranzSanchez-ky9up 15 днів тому

      @@przemysawdobrzynski2590 The only film I can think of where Scorsese made a film from a purely commercial perspective was Cape Fear and interestingly enough, that was an Amblin production.

    • @przemysawdobrzynski2590
      @przemysawdobrzynski2590 15 днів тому

      @@FranzSanchez-ky9up I could add to that Departed and maybe Hugo, but still I think he made them because he wanted to and studios also saw potential for business with these two. So you can see them as commercial ones but not full on commercial.

    • @TTillman3
      @TTillman3 14 днів тому +1

      Wrong. “Do one for them; do one for you. If you can still do projects for yourself, you can keep your soul.” - from Martin Scorsese: A Journey

    • @przemysawdobrzynski2590
      @przemysawdobrzynski2590 14 днів тому

      @@TTillman3 Probably then it was his basic rule for every director, not his way of making movies. He's basically never done a movie just for "them".

  • @RustysRuppEEs
    @RustysRuppEEs 14 днів тому

    REAL DEAL
    ✌️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @pjamesbda
    @pjamesbda 18 днів тому +2

    Gosh!....no profit incentive? Ollie!...you are on the wrong podcast. 😅

  • @ravikurup8350
    @ravikurup8350 13 днів тому +1

    Patrick seems kind of slow 😂😂😂😂

  • @rubenhirshon8244
    @rubenhirshon8244 13 днів тому

    Seeing Oliver Stone, having to put up with such a bad interview, is hard to watch.

  • @TTillman3
    @TTillman3 14 днів тому

    This interviewer is such a no-nothing, philistine.

  • @jed1729
    @jed1729 18 днів тому +2

    The only movie Oliver Stone made was Any Given Sunday football won everyone else I wouldn't even give me the one on a scale of 10 being the best

  • @zgpm7031
    @zgpm7031 13 днів тому

    MLM

  • @R.Kinney1492
    @R.Kinney1492 17 днів тому

    Stone did a doco on a Venezuelan dictator.
    I say he's Caracas!

  • @davidmckesey7119
    @davidmckesey7119 13 днів тому

    Pat runs a ponzi scheme lol

  • @brucek66
    @brucek66 15 днів тому

    Terrible investment

  • @zycietosztuka8754
    @zycietosztuka8754 18 днів тому

    and who says it? the author of the most toxic films in history

  • @thomasdrisful
    @thomasdrisful 14 днів тому

    pbd: uhhh have you seen wolf of wall street

  • @Atjayvang21
    @Atjayvang21 17 днів тому

    March 16th 2020 COVID

  • @thomasdrisful
    @thomasdrisful 14 днів тому

    did stone call george schulz “secretary of state” or “secretary of satan”? little sniff after…

  • @Atjayvang21
    @Atjayvang21 17 днів тому

    Lol shit I can't even make this up