ART-HOUSE DISTRIBUTOR RETURNS FROM THE DEAD
January 16, 2013 by admin · Leave a Comment
It is a rare, if not unprecedented, occasion when a film distributor that has gone out of business, returns after nearly five years. But such is the case with Picturehouse, the art-house distributor that was set up in 2005 as a joint venture between entrepreneurs Bob and Jeanne Berney and Time Warner units New Line […]
THE LONG, LONG TRAILER(S)
In an admittedly unscientific survey, the Wall Street Journal has found that the amount of time theaters are devoting to coming-attraction trailers has lengthened to as much as 25 minutes. Even distributors are acknowledging that the preview times have become excessive. Bob Berney, described by the Journal as a veteran distribution executive, told the newspaper, […]
