Fizzle: The Unspectacular Demise of American Independent Films & the Decade of the Digital Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781440192166)

Fizzle is a compilation, a journal if you will, of events and snippets from my experience in the film industry for over forty years. There was no place to log the bumpy ride that led to the demise of the American Independent film movement, an industry that once sizzled. You might say this book is about the Fizzle of the Sizzle. It is wishful thinking on my behalf to believe this book will explain how the sharks got away with fleecing filmmakers, and why they will continue to do so.
Indie filmmakers, unlike the dinosaurs, will reinvent themselves. The hope is that this journal might save a few schmucks who are as naive as I was when I made my first two films. The nightmare is that it might attract a new generation of scumbags who can learn how to screw filmmakers. Both scenarios will undoubtedly play out.
To paraphrase Shaw in my sole disclaimer: "I often quote myself, in order to spice things up a bit."

Author: Norman Gerard
ISBN-10: 1440192162
ISBN-13: 9781440192166
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 12/17/2009
Pages: 484
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.97d