15/12/2023
Newton was studying alchemy, and Yung was studying alchemy. If alchemy it’s making from s**t, something valuable, then we are doing alchemy.
Making movies with zero budget is entirely against contemporary policy, which converts big budgets into s**tty films.
About alchemy in cinema, the recipe is quite simple for everyone. Just take no budget (or a zero budget as you prefer), a cheap mirrorless camera, the 5 pages of script, a half-broken laptop, pirated software (optional) and a little bit of obsession, paranoia, love and hate (add to taste).
You’ll get something made from nothing, but it not gonna be awesome. You should never apologize for being an alchemist. Another thing that you are sorry about is the emptiness and superficiality of contemporary cinema. That’s not because it reflects modern society. That’s because producers are always looking for new projects and finding new projects that are not yours. You love big studios (not really). Loving big studios is like loving Monopoly. Loving Disney is like loving Benito Mussolini. You want to make movies not because the others make them good but because they make them not good enough. Cheers!