tenia wrote:I have the impression that some people thought Indicator would be mostly releasing horror movies, so I'm not sure if these complaints are measured in their expectations.
I suspect the fact that five out of the first seven releases fell broadly into that category (although even then,
Ten Rillington Place doesn't really fit the "horror" label all that comfortably) might have given that impression, but this was never the gameplan - the fact that the third and fourth releases were
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and
To Sir With Love spelled that out. And
Vampires and
Ghosts of Mars were released a fair bit earlier than planned, thanks to the surprise sellout success of
Christine.
But I'm cheered by the fact that there's no obvious pattern to the titles that have either sold out (
Christine, Body Double, Ten Rillington Place, Hardcore, The New Centurions) or which are next on the OOP list (
Bunny Lake is Missing, Charley Varrick, Eyes of Laura Mars, Mickey One, The Stone Killer, The Sinbad Trilogy). Yes, there's a slight weighting in favour of horror/suspense, which clearly can't be ignored, but it's not as pronounced as you might expect - and things like
Mickey One are a very pleasant surprise.
But we don't really think in terms of genre when putting these packages together: the bottom line is "is this a good film, or at least interesting enough to deserve the curatorial attention?"