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THE DEAL WAS NEVER FAIR. WE JUST AGREED TO IT
Three weeks ago I asked the industry three questions about the below the line compensation gap. Here is what came back, and where I land.
15 hrs ago
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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Cultural Relevance Is Not a Verdict. It’s a Process
The industry reads cultural durability as a verdict. It has always been a process. And the signals were available long before anyone was looking.
Jun 10
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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$6,741.
A film made for $750,000 just crossed $148 million at the box office. The Art Director made $6,741 after taxes. There are three ways to think about…
Jun 6
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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Everything Everywhere All at Once Was Never Supposed to Work. The Audience Disagreed
TAWAT - #5: Daniel Kwan spent six years turning his parents' immigrant story into the most awarded film in history. The industry kept telling him who…
Jun 5
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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How The System Was Never Built for You to Find Your Audience
Why institutional filmmakers never developed the muscle that independent creators had no choice but to build.
Jun 3
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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Portrait of God: How 8.6 million people told Universal what to do next
The audience showed up in 2022. Universal showed up in 2025. Something went wrong in between.
May 27
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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The Usual Suspects
The Audience Were Always There - #4:50 rejections. Every major studio. And the audience was already there.
May 26
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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The audience was always there. The industry just never let them in
Why 26 million film lovers still have no say in what gets made.
May 22
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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The Quiet Heist At The Center Of Pulp Fiction
The Audience Were Always There - #3: Reservoir Dogs built the audience. Miramax cashed it in. The audience got nothing.
May 20
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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Fans Can Now Invest in Film. The Ceiling Is Still Too Low.
Republic showed forty thousand people will back independent film. Here is what the model still cannot do.
May 19
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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The Rock Bands Who Said Yes
The Audience Were Always There - #2: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
May 17
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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The film everyone rejected, the company that saved it, and the ending nobody tells you
Dirty Dancing was rejected 43 times before it got made.
May 13
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Tristan Wirabangsa
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