Quality films

On watching a ceremony as magnificient as the Oscar awards, one can seldom do anything else other than wonder in awe.And i don't mean awe because of the majestic sets or the fancy lights or even the gorgeous women(well that does help a bit!)

The reason for this feeling of wonder and fascination is this -
How does an industry churn out films of such high quality year after year, ceaselessly, in the process ensuring the entire world's attention is drawn to them-in respect and amazement?

The sweeping range of emotions and stories told on the Hollywood screens is something our movies can only dream to portray.So why do Hollywood film makers decide to risk millions of dollars to make a film that does not exactly appeal to the mainstream( e.g "Sideways" or even this years "Capote" for that matter)

I can only assume but my conjecture is that Western audiences have reached such a level of maturity that they can see through films like The Rock or The Hulk or Pearl Harbour and identify and avoid them for their terrible cliches,hackneyed script and
over the top(by their standards) acting

Forget Hollywood. Take world cinema. Why would independant film makers from Serbia(No Man's Land) and Rwanda(Hotel Rwanda, God sleeps in Rwanda) risk the same with thier shoe-string budget?

It just shows that the world is ready for experimental cinema contributed by all countries. If only the Johar's and the Ram Gopal Verma's and the Chopra's would step out of their stereotyped views about Indian sensibilities and greed for the NRI crowd yearning for Indian Sanskar.

And in case they present the argument that Indian people just want to see fantasy, well, the rest of the world is surely welcoming you with their willingness to give Indian cinema a shot. If you overlook the need for only Indian people to watch your films, you open your minds to a far wider and tolerant audience.