--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > off_world_beings wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings <no_reply@> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Who will make the most expensive movie of all time, at 500 > >>> million dollars? > >>> > >>> It should be done. > >>> > >> Either that or one could make 71,428 films like > >> Robert Rodriguez's "El Mariachi." That film was > >> made on a budget of $7,000, and remains one of > >> the tightest and most entertaining films of the > >> last twenty years.>> > >> > > > > Yea, but I want an epic. > > > > OffWorld
> There was an Indian TV series made around 1988 (94 episodes). You can > find it on DVD at your local Indian grocery or on Amazon. There is > also the Peter Brooks 6 hour version on DVD. >> Yes, I saw them. I quite liked the Brookes version. <<As for your high budget > epic it wouldn't pay off. There is no market for it.>> That is what they said about Lord of the Rings for decades. > > I agree with Barry as I would prefer to see small films funded. Though maybe a little a digit or two more of a budget.>> There are tons of great small budget films and they are not easy to fund. That is what makes them so great. If they were funded so much everyone would be competing for the money instead of focusing on the movie art. The system works fine the way it is. Passionate people will always find a way to make great low budget movies. But we do need a 500 million dollar Mahabharata. It would be awesome, if they made it palatable for modern audiences. OffWorld
