In an especially insightful interview, published in the LA Weekly, Scott Foundas talks with Sally Potter about her new film "Yes" they discuss his negative Variety review of the film at the Telluride Film Festival last year. She explains:
It’s so difficult financing independent films today, and from a filmmaker’s point of view, when it takes a very long time and great difficulty to fund a film that’s risky for political, aesthetic or formal reasons — in this case, for all three — it’s a blow when the industry paper gives it a thumbs-down, because that only adds to that risk-averse climate. It makes all other films that are similar in their intent even harder to make. So the implications are much wider than for just that one individual film.
