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Originally Posted by Fearonsarms

Don't get me wrong-I respect his films that I've seen but I was angry because I see this as a manipulation of his fans. Granted there's no Holy Mountain coffee mugs but I still think he is wrong to ask his fans to fund his movie-In the music industry there are countless artists who completely self finance, distribute and promote their music-these people only ask their fans to buy their cds, dvds and go to their gigs. Why shouldn't it be enough for jodorowsky to accept fans already buy his films on dvd and self finance this project. Others have managed like the others said without seeing their fans as cash cows. I just think this is extremely wrong and should be discouraged

As someone who has played in a band for a number of years, and has recently taken an interest in independent film production, the costs are astronomically different. An album being recorded, produced and cds made will often cost around £400 if you do it cheap. Low end movie budgets average around £250,000 from script to distribution.

If an artist (in any regard) is struggling to finance his work, I don't think it is unreasonable to ask people who want to see your art, to help out if they can. People who have the money to spare and want to give it, are more than welcome. And in return, they get a special copy of the end product. Special and collector editions of films can often sell for massive amounts of money anyways, so I don't see the issue for dedicated fans to pay out, and also know that they helped a piece of art from a legendary director being made.