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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

The first Terminator could be considered indie

"the terminator" (that was the original title) was produced by the hemdale film corporation, an indie british studio which also produced platoon. mira:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/...?ref_=tt_dt_co

pacific western productions was founded by cameron's then-wife

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemdale_Film_Corporation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Anne_Hurd

that movie was indie as fuck

if you look @ the imdb article you'll see international distro was done by a bunch of majors depending on country

fact is big studios ran out of original ideas a long fucking time ago and they need the fresh blood that independents bring. what has changed is the way that has been systematized and "vertically integrated" since the 90s. you go to sundance these days and it's just like being outside of the chinese theatre on hollywood blvd but at freezing temps.

[wow, just found from wikipedia hemdale also produced made in usa]