You clearly have no idea how the market operates- the two are by no means inseperable. In fact, there's recently been much concern in the community about foreign distribution companies trying to edge into the American market; notably those from so-called "Bollywood" in India. The two are very different, and very distinct entities in the film industry, and if you'd bother to read the economic literature on this, you'd see that any cogent analysis identifies and addresses this distinction.
Indeed? What *is* the function of a production company? It *produces* the film, does it not? What *is* the function of a distribution company? To distribute the film, no? Without these, the spoiled brat "stars", and the equally spoiled brat "directors" would have no reason to exist, period. That *does* make them inseparable, your snide condescension aside.
That foreign distribution companies are trying to edge into the US market is irrelevant, almost as irrelevant as your elitist attitude. Grow up, pal...
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