I've never thought about doing international films. But if I get something exciting, I might take it up. Everything depends on what comes my way.
The one thing that's changed for 'That Metal Show' is that it's now global; it's now on in places outside of America.
If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
My books have sold largely in England, have been translated into many languages, and passed through several editions in foreign countries. I have heard it said that the success of a work abroad is the best test of its enduring value. I doubt whether this is at all trustworthy; but judged by this standard my name ought to last for a few years.
I want to make films that cater to the world audiences.
I've got a distribution system that goes to 170 countries. If I acquire properly, you know, you may be successful in one or two countries, or one place; I can scale, and that's part of the value that IBM brings.
Today's cinema is a global art form, it is impossible to make movies for a market the size of France, representing no more than 4% of the world's total.
We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world.
Once a film is selected at Cannes, the crossover becomes very easy, thanks to the prestige and dignity it gains at Cannes.
The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope.
Movies are becoming more global, which is making them less intimate. If you make a movie for the world, you don't make it for any country.
There's a lot of pressure putting an album out all over the world and hoping people everywhere like it.
'Gulabo Sitabo' is the biggest release for me. The film is going to 203 countries simultaneously and it is successfully being subtitled in 20 languages including Portuguese, German, Spanish, Russian, French and many more.
The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.
