Comments on: “Sita Sings the Blues” at the Red Vic in San Francisco! http://www.rants.org/2010/02/04/sita-sings-the-blues-at-red-vic/ Karl Fogel's blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19620 By: Crosbie Fitch http://www.rants.org/2010/02/04/sita-sings-the-blues-at-red-vic/comment-page-1/#comment-85711 Crosbie Fitch Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:34:42 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=442#comment-85711 Jolly good. I'll read Nina's post. Ta. Jolly good. I’ll read Nina’s post. Ta.

]]> By: Karl Fogel http://www.rants.org/2010/02/04/sita-sings-the-blues-at-red-vic/comment-page-1/#comment-85700 Karl Fogel Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:30:50 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=442#comment-85700 Actually, no. "Sita Sings the Blues" has distributors -- they approach theaters in the usual way, and they share revenue with Nina Paley. But it's all done on an endorsement basis, instead of with monopoly rights. They're all non-exclusive distributors; they can't lock out anyone else from distributing the film, all they can do is do a better job of distributing. Nina has a great post about this: http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/12/07/i-2/ See also http://sitasingstheblues.com/show.html (search for "distributors"). Actually, no. “Sita Sings the Blues” has distributors — they approach theaters in the usual way, and they share revenue with Nina Paley. But it’s all done on an endorsement basis, instead of with monopoly rights. They’re all non-exclusive distributors; they can’t lock out anyone else from distributing the film, all they can do is do a better job of distributing.

Nina has a great post about this: http://blog.ninapaley.com/2009/12/07/i-2/

See also http://sitasingstheblues.com/show.html (search for “distributors”).

]]> By: Crosbie Fitch http://www.rants.org/2010/02/04/sita-sings-the-blues-at-red-vic/comment-page-1/#comment-85661 Crosbie Fitch Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:10:31 +0000 http://www.rants.org/?p=442#comment-85661 I presume it was a feat of persuasion to get a cinema to show the film? I assume this has been achieved via a direct approach to the cinema rather than via some indie distribution channel? Will there be an article at some point documenting Nina Paley's trials and tribulations at getting her film to the big screen? I presume it was a feat of persuasion to get a cinema to show the film? I assume this has been achieved via a direct approach to the cinema rather than via some indie distribution channel?
Will there be an article at some point documenting Nina Paley’s trials and tribulations at getting her film to the big screen?

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