Sep 16
🎥 The Scene at a Festival
Imagine: You’re at Sundance. Your $1,111 movie screens in a packed theater. At first, silence. Then applause, loud, rising. Standing ovation. Distributors rush you after:
Netflix exec whispers: “We’ll buy this right now for $4.5M.”
Amazon counters: “Make it $5M.”
A Japanese company offers Asian rights separately.
That night, at a cheap diner, you’re still eating a $10 meal — but your movie just made millions.
🎭 The Irony
The world now frames you as a visionary, yet in your head you’re the same guy who just wanted to do something different with $1,111 and a story in mind.
You realize: money follows originality and timing, not perfection.
Imagine: You’re at Sundance. Your $1,111 movie screens in a packed theater. At first, silence. Then applause, loud, rising. Standing ovation. Distributors rush you after:
Netflix exec whispers: “We’ll buy this right now for $4.5M.”
Amazon counters: “Make it $5M.”
A Japanese company offers Asian rights separately.
That night, at a cheap diner, you’re still eating a $10 meal — but your movie just made millions.
🎭 The Irony
The world now frames you as a visionary, yet in your head you’re the same guy who just wanted to do something different with $1,111 and a story in mind.
You realize: money follows originality and timing, not perfection.
