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Discussing ticket prices

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Responding to criticism about the Tribeca Film Festival jacking ticket prices from $12 to $18, spokesperson Tammie Rosen has told N.Y. Post reporter Sara Stewart that "in an effort to provide the best possible experience, we have raised our prices, which have until now been lower than most other festivals.''

To which N.Y. Post critic and blogger Lou Lumenick responds: "While it's true that the Toronto Film Festival gets $15 a ticket, it's also true that their offerings are substantially better than those in Tribeca. Those of us who have covered the festival over the years have largely turned a blind eye to the issue that the bulk of the offerings are mediocre or worse -- largely films that were rejected by Sundance or New Directors/New Films, many of which are never heard from again.

"The steep ticket prices may force the media to abandon our previous civic boosterism and start looking at Tribeca's offerings from a more consumerist point of view -- are these flicks really worth $18? And I doubt that's what co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal wanted."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 31, 2007 at 08:51 AM

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T.Holly says ...

I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when I read the rest of the Tammie Rosen "in defense of" story.

Instead of admitting it's to keep the riff-raff out, (like anyone who isn't riff-raff, and proud of it, wants to go), she said it's just that someone has to pay for outfitting all the theatres with digital digital projection equipment and flying in top-tier talent for Q&A's. If that's not obnoxious enough, she said the festival offers discounts for "'downtowners' -anyone who can offer proof of lower-Manhattan residency via their ZIP codes." That's repulsive, offensive and makes no friggin' sense.

Posted by T.Holly at March 31, 2007 02:12 PM

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a1amoeba says ...

I would not want to be an indie producer with a film premiering at Tribeca. The crowds can't afford it, and the press is not friendly. Sounds like a great time all round...

Posted by a1amoeba at March 31, 2007 07:28 PM

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kimi98 says ...

I would not want to be an indie producer with a film premiering at Tribeca. The crowds can't afford it, and the press is not friendly. Sounds like a great time all round...