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Will Girl Walks Into a Bar Lead Indie Films to the Web?
The idea that Girl Walks Into a Bar, an independent feature with a Hollywood-friendly cast and a $1 million dollar budget, is “The First Major Motion Picture Made For The Internet,” could be up for debate. But the film, written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, has a very clear distribution strategy: While its world premiere was this Friday at the SXSW Film Festival, it was simultaneously ...
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The idea that Girl Walks Into a Bar, an independent feature with a Hollywood-friendly cast and a $1 million dollar budget, is “The First Major Motion Picture Made For The Internet,” could be up for debate. But the film, written and directed by Sebastian Gutierrez, has a very clear distribution strategy: While its world premiere was this Friday at the SXSW Film Festival, it was simultaneously available for free on YouTube, with commercial interruptions by sponsor Lexus.
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