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There is interest in conservative films (both filmmakers and audiences).

There is a liberal bent and agenda at play in the industry (studios, distribution, critical acclaim). If the movers and shakers bury your product because it isn't politically correct, it is difficult to recuperate the millions of dollars in investment.

And that is true of fictional (even docudramas) films as well as documentaries.

The big story of 2004 was how much documentary films were playing a roll in the presidential election. Unreported by the MSM was how conservative filmmakers were getting into the game in a bigger way and even establishing a filmfest of such works.

Roger Ebert used to be a credible film critic. He even made the claim that he could embrace a film he didn't agree with politically. That statement was proven false when he gave a zero star review for a suspense film set in Texas about a man on death row. Rog liked the cast and crew but disagreed with the message and said that this film could not be made and set in Texas.

There is a blacklist in Hollywood.

Anyone can get a movie made these days. You just have to hustle for financing. People like Kevin Smith have gotten films made on credit cards.

Critics aren't a part of the industry and will like what they like regardless. Roger Ebert's objection to Alan Parker's "The Life of David Gale" was that it played fast and loose with the audience and didn't seem to embrace either side but just used the subject matter for trivial suspense and plot twists. He felt the subject matter was too srious to be used in that matter.

Roger Ebert used to be a credible film critic. He even made the claim that he could embrace a film he didn't agree with politically. That statement was proven false when he gave a zero star review for a suspense film set in Texas about a man on death row. Rog liked the cast and crew but disagreed with the message and said that this film could not be made and set in Texas.

In Roger's defense (I'm probably one of his few fans on FR), I read that review and I don't think that he hated the movie because it had a message that he didn't agree with politically--I think he disliked the movie because it trashed both sides of the issue without coming up with a message of its own.

It's also worth considering that he gave a thumbs up to the documentary "Michael Moore Hates America."