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March 20, 2005
NOTES ON INTERNET MOVIE FINANCING
The holy grail of independent movie financing will be the ability for independent movie makers to utilize the internet to raise funds for their movies, collecting a dollar here and a dollar there from a prospective mass audience. To contribute to the overuse of the 'Long Tail' meme, let's call it the 'Long Tail' of movie financing. I've seen a few nascent attempts at this, with Civilian.com's Ethan Hawke movie being the most prominent. MoviesForTheMasses is a new entry in the category and it will be interesting to see how successful they can be without any recognizable names.

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