Rick McCallum interview

Via The Alien Online, Empire has an nice interview with Rick McCallum. Hearing him talk about the costs of the movie is really interesting. Some quotes...

RM: If our film cost $125 million we wouldn�t break even!

Empire: So it's all about DVD now?

RM: It�s the only thing that is even keeping the film business walking.

and

Empire : What about an equivalent of iTunes for movies?

RM : Yeah, there�s no question that is the direction. [snip]. The illegally downloaded prints, the copy that I saw of the downloaded version from the very first day, is a better quality image than you could see in 99.9% of all the theatres in the world. That�s tragic, but that�s the reality.

Empire : So what�s the solution?

RM : It�ll be a solution of digital projection in theatres, DVD release for home and video on demand for those who can�t afford the DVD.