In college, we didn’t dwell on the reality that 7 out of 10 movies fail at the box office.  Instead we focused on being the next Stephen Spielberg, or Howard Hawks, or Quentin Tarantino.  When you undertake such a risky endeavor, lessons learned back in your “younger days” tend to bubble up to the surface…”believe in yourself.”  As you put one foot in front of the other…

Mr. Spielberg makes it sound as if not “competing” via Sundance and not “competing” with marketing dollars (which is in the range of 25 to 50 million dollars, on average) is a choice rather than a force of nature.  The reality is…