ZAENTZ URGES INDIE FILMMAKERS TO STAND FIRM

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ZAENTZ URGES INDIE FILMMAKERS TO STAND FIRM
Thursday, May 21 1998

Veteran producer Saul Zaentz (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The English Patient) has urged independent producers to resist the temptation of joining the studio system. During a panel discussion in Cannes, Zaentz remarked (as quoted by the online newsletter IndieWIRE): "Once you give up control, then people tell you how to cast [your film] and rewrite your script for you and will control distribution and advertising. And the most important thing is final cut -- who's going to make the picture, you or Mr. Scissorhands. ... Even though you promise [the studios] everything, you're still going to get screwed. ... Unless you have a very, very good lawyer, it's going to be very tough to get the money back you earned."