Indie Film Shake-up; Hollywood on the Couch, Part II

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A major studio is getting out of the indie business and one stalwart indie distributor is rumored to be having serious money problems. The two indie film TV channels may roll into one. Is Hollywood going to give indie the bum's Rushmore? We talk to esteemed indie producer Christine Vachon and uber-salesman John Sloss. Plus, 'Hollywood on the Couch,' Part II, with writer-turned-therapist Dennis Palumbo.

Guests:

• Christine Vachon: Founder and President, Killer Films
• John Sloss: Co-founder, Cinetic Media
• Dennis Palumbo: screenwriter-turned-psychotherapist

Links:

• Palumbo's article, 'Hollywood on the Couch'
• Palumbo's book, 'From Crime to Crime'
• Vachon's 'A Killer Life'
• Cinetic Media
• Matt Holzman's 'Business Brief' commentary, 'Indie Earthquake'
• Killer Films

Host

Claude Brodesser-Akner

Host Claude Brodesser-Akner looks deep inside the business of entertainment in a half-hour of thoughtful and irreverent dialogue with Hollywood's top deal-makers, filmmakers, moguls, artists and agents. 

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Produced by

Matt Holzman

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