From Russia With Love… But Very Little In The Way Of ROI

 One of our European readers sent us a link to ZML.com, a movie download site based in Russia. ZML has been around for a few years, stirring up lots of chatter about how cheap downloads are a stockyard blow to Hollywood’s home entertainment cash cow.  

As we understand it, outsourcing jobs to cheap labor markets overseas is good for the economy because it drives down the price of consumer goods. But it’s bad for the economy when consumers outsource their purchases to cheap retailers overseas.

Nonetheless, a real sea change among the larger studios is beginning to look inevitable. 

Francis Ford Coppola, said at the Beirut Film Festival last year that he expected some of the studios would go out of business.

 "The cinema as we know it," Coppola said, "is falling apart."

If you’re like us, you found the most striking thing about that statement is that there’s a film festival in Beirut. 

Comments

[Bitter Lemon®]

Francis don't you have a grandson that wants to play in a tomato patch?

[Natasha F.]

"Look Boris, is Moose and Squirrel escaping down fire escape with mooseberry bush!"

[40's n' 9's]

This is sad. Consumers need to realize that a movie is already one of the best deals out there. It takes hundreds of talented people and millions of $ to make one and the consumer gets to experience or own it for 10-20$... but yet there are douchebags out there that want to save an extra 5 bucks and get some crappy replica- I new someone who routinely bought cheap replicas that were recorded in theaters with a hand held recorder. you could hear the audience laughing and munching on snacks and you could see peoples sillhouettes when they stood up and dodged out to take a piss. c'mon people, seriously- don't be ghetto. break off some yen.

[Natali]

Yes. ZML is best. Try http://openguys.org tooo.