so is duanne's depressed happening or what?
anybody know?
ANYthing????????
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Doubtful. This one wasn't very successful, Peter Bogdanovich isn't really directing much anymore and more importantly, I don't think it would be seen as a movie that would make very much money. Plus, I really don't feel like we need ANOTHER inferior sequel to Last Picture Show.
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about bogdanovich, that's kinda the point. all the more reason he needs to tie this off. (though i am not happy with mcmurtry for continuing past the trilogy)
and, haven't looked up the numbers, but i heard duanne did very well in sales. no? if it bombed that's news to me.
and as for your last comment, i think texasville has mega MEGA _____________ to it (sorry the word escapes me. i will edit later. tired lol)
i liked texasville. ethereal, esoteric, poignant, serene, existential. i wouldn't recommend it (AT ALL) to just anyone; only to a fan of the books
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It's a fair point that Duane did solid in sales but book sales don't really translate to ticket sales (with minor exceptions, your Harry Potters if you will) because, sadly, there's a lot more of the populous seeing movies than reading books and it's doubtful that there would be much money or that a Duane's Depressed film would have a very big reach with audiences. Smaller, intimate dramas like Last Picture Show and Texasville don't really do big business and despite being well thought of Last Picture Show isn't something like say Star Wars or even The Godfather (from the same era) that's a constant cultural touchstone and constantly in the thoughts of the public. I mainly think that potential financiers would turn it down, even with Jeff Bridges, Bogdanovich, et. al. on board to return based both on the financial and critical shortcomings of Texasville. There's also the fact that making a sequel to a film 43 years after the first in the series is an extremely risky proposition, especially when the second installment only 20 years after the original failed to do big business. I'm not saying it's impossible, just unlikely.
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not trying to counter you just to do so, but the points you make are exactly why i think it should get made. of course it's not in the camp of bigger movies, but having acknowledged that, one must ask...
if they know ahead of time it's not a money maker, why did they greenlight the original two to begin with?
see, i don't think this series is about money at all. but that makes it hard to get it made, so i concede that point.
i would like to see bogdanovich continue on with it as a passion project; keep the budget low, and cross-market to jeff bridges' increased fame since texasville days. if he could make the budget (tr=salaries) back then just consider it a success, and leave it there for posterity, and move on.
hate, HATE to not see it made at all. but... sigh, it probably won't be. (like vaughn and viva la madness. he's breaking my heart too, currently)
duanne's depressed is so excellent, it deserves to be made. and the others deserve to be tied off. i sure hope it happens. if i can get anywhere near bogdanovich i will talk him into it, i promise. (how much are plane tickets these days? lol)
now, as to why larry had to go and write two extra books, that is a whole other thing!
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For Bogdonavich and presumbably Bridges it is not about money but from the standpoint of a studio, the folks that would actually greenlight the movie, it absolutely is a business decision. The first film was immensely profitable but it was also funded because it was both not a huge financial risk (the film only cost 1.3 million, for comparison, Diamonds Are Forever, one of the big blockbusters of that year cost around 7 times that much) and at that time studios were also more willing to indulge the passionate, creative visions of directors doing personal projects (that became less frequent after Heaven's Gate but that's another story altogether). The film made a lot a huge profit, around 28 million dollars. Such a thing was obviously considered when Bogdanovich went to the studio and wanted to make Texasville. Information of Texasville's budget isn't readily available but it was far less successful, making only a bit over 2 million and that's after nearly 20 years of currency inflation after the first one so with that considered it really wasn't anywhere near as profitable, not to mention it was nowhere near as successful with critics.
I'd like to think it would happen but both Bogdanovich and Bridges would have to really, really want to do it, maybe put up some of their own money and it would have to have a pretty small budget.
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i agree with all you said
haven't looked up the numbers but i trust ya
so yeah sadly it may not happen. like the sequel to layer cake. vaughn vamoosed
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