RE: [scifinoir2] Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big

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From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:12:50 +
Subject: [scifinoir2] Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big


















 



  



  
  
  
Welcome to entrepreneurship on the Web. Notice that packaging is everything, as 
the film has no nudity and no explicit sexual scenes...

*

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123499181
Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big
It's hard to predict what today's merging worlds of television, the Internet 
and streaming video will eventually become. 
But there's one rule that has made an easy transition from analog to the 
digital domain: Sex sells.


'We Don't Want Boyfriends'
Strictly Sexual is a romantic comedy that never made it to the big screen — but 
it has been watched by millions on desktops and laptops.  
It's
about two working professional women who have given up on relationships
and decide to employ a couple of gigolos to fill the void. 
OK,
you understand we don't want boyfriends, we don't want relationships,
one woman says in the movie. We want two guys to service us. This is
strictly sexual.

 Courtesy of Hyphenate FilmsStevie Long, who wrote and acted in Strictly 
Sexual, says the movie has made more than 10 times its operating budget despite 
never being shown in theaters.
Stevie
Long, who wrote and acted in the film, says it is not, as the title
might suggest, a porn flick. In fact, there's no nudity in his film
whatsoever.
Really the movie is about love and intimacy, Long
says. But if I was to title the film 'Love and Intimacy,' I'm sure
that people would think it's pretentious and never watch it.
Yet Strictly Sexual is the most-watched movie of all time on Hulu.com.   
The film has no big-name stars and never had a theatrical release.  
But Long got it into the hands of a company that distributes films on cable and 
the Internet.


'I Had No Idea What Hulu Was'
I
woke up one morning and found a dozen or so messages in my Facebook
inbox, saying, 'Hey, I just saw this film, and it really touched me,
and I love the way it talks about breakups and relationships,'  Long
says. And I just scratched my head, saying, 'Where'd you see my
movie?' I had no idea what Hulu was. God bless the people who had the
foresight to put it up there.
Hulu.com, for those who still don't know, is an incredibly popular 
video-streaming Web site. 
One online measurement service, ComScore, reported that more than 1 billion 
videos were watched on Hulu in December 2009 alone. 
It carries some movies and a lot of popular television shows, such as Lost, The 
Office and Family Guy.  
Long figures that people stumbled upon his film on Hulu while catching up on 
their favorite TV shows. 
We
were hoping that, in a perfect world, that it would open on 2,000
screens — that Harvey Weinstein would put it all across America, Long
says. We were fortunate in that the timing of the Internet and the
ability to watch movies came about at the same time. I didn't have any
ego about it as an artist, I just wanted my movie to be seen.


Film Raked In More Than 10 Times Its Production Cost
Hulu won't provide an exact view count for Strictly Sexual, but there are 
enough people watching to make Long a profit.
When asked for the hard numbers, Long is coy.
I'll give it to you in these rough terms, he says. The $100,000 film has 
made 10 times its money.
That's enough to fund Long's next independent film.
It's
a tragic tale, Long says. It's about people in the porn industry and
the denial that goes on there. We've appropriately titled it Porn Star: The 
Ugly Life of a Beautiful Girl. And I'd like to think that a lot of people are 
going to click on that title.
Whether they click on it or not, Long has already proven that the Internet is a 
place where independent filmmakers can thrive.
That is, if the title is right.





 









  
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[scifinoir2] Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big

[Keith Johnson]

Welcome to entrepreneurship on the Web. Notice that packaging is everything, as 
the film has no nudity and no explicit sexual scenes... 

* 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123499181 
Thanks To Hulu, Indie Film 'Strictly Sexual' Hits Big 



It's hard to predict what today's merging worlds of television, the Internet 
and streaming video will eventually become. 

But there's one rule that has made an easy transition from analog to the 
digital domain: Sex sells. 




'We Don't Want Boyfriends' 

Strictly Sexual is a romantic comedy that never made it to the big screen — but 
it has been watched by millions on desktops and laptops. 

It's about two working professional women who have given up on relationships 
and decide to employ a couple of gigolos to fill the void. 

OK, you understand we don't want boyfriends, we don't want relationships, one 
woman says in the movie. We want two guys to service us. This is strictly 
sexual. 


Courtesy of Hyphenate Films 

Stevie Long, who wrote and acted in Strictly Sexual , says the movie has made 
more than 10 times its operating budget despite never being shown in theaters. 

Stevie Long, who wrote and acted in the film, says it is not, as the title 
might suggest, a porn flick. In fact, there's no nudity in his film whatsoever. 

Really the movie is about love and intimacy, Long says. But if I was to 
title the film 'Love and Intimacy,' I'm sure that people would think it's 
pretentious and never watch it. 

Yet Strictly Sexual is the most-watched movie of all time on Hulu.com. 

The film has no big-name stars and never had a theatrical release. 

But Long got it into the hands of a company that distributes films on cable and 
the Internet. 




'I Had No Idea What Hulu Was' 

I woke up one morning and found a dozen or so messages in my Facebook inbox, 
saying, 'Hey, I just saw this film, and it really touched me, and I love the 
way it talks about breakups and relationships,'  Long says. And I just 
scratched my head, saying, 'Where'd you see my movie?' I had no idea what Hulu 
was. God bless the people who had the foresight to put it up there. 

Hulu.com, for those who still don't know, is an incredibly popular 
video-streaming Web site. 

One online measurement service, ComScore, reported that more than 1 billion 
videos were watched on Hulu in December 2009 alone. 

It carries some movies and a lot of popular television shows, such as Lost , 
The Office and Family Guy . 

Long figures that people stumbled upon his film on Hulu while catching up on 
their favorite TV shows. 

We were hoping that, in a perfect world, that it would open on 2,000 screens — 
that Harvey Weinstein would put it all across America, Long says. We were 
fortunate in that the timing of the Internet and the ability to watch movies 
came about at the same time. I didn't have any ego about it as an artist, I 
just wanted my movie to be seen. 




Film Raked In More Than 10 Times Its Production Cost 

Hulu won't provide an exact view count for Strictly Sexual , but there are 
enough people watching to make Long a profit. 

When asked for the hard numbers, Long is coy. 

I'll give it to you in these rough terms, he says. The $100,000 film has 
made 10 times its money. 

That's enough to fund Long's next independent film. 

It's a tragic tale, Long says. It's about people in the porn industry and 
the denial that goes on there. We've appropriately titled it Porn Star: The 
Ugly Life of a Beautiful Girl . And I'd like to think that a lot of people are 
going to click on that title. 

Whether they click on it or not, Long has already proven that the Internet is a 
place where independent filmmakers can thrive. 

That is, if the title is right.