Gothamist: TriBeCa: Rich Zipcode, Expensive Film Fest Tickets

krumpy

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:57:16 -0500

The thing is, Sundance and Tribeca Film Fest are more film markets than film festivals. It's a week of screening indie films that are looking for distribution. And since TFF is the new kid on the block, they get the leftovers after Cannes, Sundance and Tornoto. I predict they will not screen anything worth $18. The last thing I saw at TFF was David LaChappelle's film. If it were screening for $18 this year, I probably wouldn't go. It had the buzz that told me it would make into a DVD distro deal. However, I did also see Morgan Freedman speak at TFF. That's something I would continue to pay for.

more 911 bs

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:43:13 -0500

Is this even a Film Festival? I mean, come on now. they did this because of some 911 bullkrap/rudy giuliani krap about how we should live our lives as normally etc etc etc. I hope this FF fails and fails big. Who even goes to this stuff? And, I'm neither a libtard or a republipuke.

Jose L. Rodriguez

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:41:10 -0500

I look at it this way: if the movie is really good it means that it will continue to be shown in independent film theaters or even in regular, mass audience venues after the festival is over; at that point I will consider the movie worth watching and spend just 10-11 bucks to see it. If, on the other hand, it was just a flick not be remembered after that weekend (like the big majority of films shown in the TFF and other festivals like it)then it will fall on the wayside and run its course for the duration of the festival. I use those festivals as a way to pick out the movies that really deserve my attention. To me, that is the only use of festivals from a movie-goer's point of view.

jojo

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:25:23 -0500

fuck film festivals!!! They are all hippie liberal crap like little miss sunshine about indie staples like gays and aids and suffering and looking forlorn and staring into space like zach braff in garden state. BORING!!! What happened to good films like trainspotting and pulp fiction that blew you away? Just rent the dvd from the library when the hype from New York Critics circle wears off and then you can say "WOw! Crash won best picture? what a piece of pig turd!"

LR

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:31:42 -0500

> English 101, maybe?

blahman

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:28:08 -0500

Maybe they're raising pricing because they ran through their AmEx sponsorship money faster than they were supposed to. Remember, some one is always making money...

famdoc

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:45:06 -0500

My experience with the past few years TFF is that most of the films with "buzz" are highly comped: a disproportionate percentage of tickets are reserved for the industry, press and VIPs. For example, Half Nelson, last year's buzz film, was nearly impossible to see unless you knew someone. So, should you spend $18 to see an indie film that might never see the light of day? I would like to support the independent film industry, but, at $18 a ticket, it's very hard to justify. Come on, DeNiro and friends: don't turn this into an elitist festival.

Toby

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:11:10 -0500

Any thing over $10 for any movie ticket is way too much.

film lover

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:36:04 -0500

The TFF is a joke. Its another chance for rich people to pat themselves on the back that they're contributing to culture. They're offering discounts to neighborhood residents? Nobody lives in Tribeca other than crappy investment bankers and some celebrities.

k

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:58:54 -0500

if it's too expensive, i'm not going. us poor college kids have other things to do anyway.