THINKFilm To Release Movies on iTunes
Ever since iTunes started offering full movie downloads, I haven’t really been able to imagine any other download services succeeding. The iTunes name is just so ingrained in people’s minds at this point that it’s nearly impossible to compete with. That said, I don’t know how well their movie downloads have actually been doing. I can’t see many people paying nearly the same price as a DVD to watch a full movie on a tiny iPod screen. But over time, with more variety and lower prices, I think it’s quite possible that it will catch on.
This week, indie production company and distributor THINKFilm announced plans to start releasing movies via iTunes. Among the first batch of titles available will be foul-mouthed stand up comedy flick The Aristocrats, Bob Saget’s parody Farce of the Penguins, and documentaries The Boys of Baraka and Glastonbury. Murderball, Down in the Valley and Born into Brothels are expected to follow. THINKFilm have some great movies under their belt and I think iTunes is really a great fit for them considering that their flicks often have limited releases, and are not big budget special effects vehicles. These are the kinds of movies people might watch on an iPod. If only they could start releasing movies online at the same time they hit theatres, I would seriously consider downloading instead of waiting for DVD. However, they also range in price from $9.99 to $14.99 which is a little more than I’d be willing to pay at the moment. Have you ever downloaded a movie from iTunes? Can you see this catching on?
Comments (3)
With AppleTV it makes sense… hardcopy is on the way out.
Posted by Roman on November 23rd, 2007I still can’t bring myself to purchase a movie without being able to sit it on my shelf. I have a few movies that I downloaded/borrowed from people and subsequently burned to DVD, but even then it bugs me that I don’t have the case to put it in for placement among my other “real” DVD movies. It took me no time flat to get used to downloading music and foregoing the discs themselves, but for some reason it just feels wrong to do that with movies for me. I dunno. Maybe it’s my incessant need to collect, alphabetize, and display everything I own.
Posted by Rian on November 23rd, 2007So a family of three (a father, a grandmother, and a child prodigy gymnast boy) walk into a talent agency and say “Boy, do we have a performance for you!”
The talent scout, aware of what would happen next, pulls out the desert eagle gun from the “shoot ‘em up” poster and shoots all three.
The end.
Posted by dario on November 24th, 2007PS. Pauly Shore is a fat waste of a human.
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