but what’s exciting is, because of the success that the amateur class has had (and i use the word ‘amateur’ very lovingly here), and the amount of money they’ve been able to generate, it’s made the professionals more interested. suddenly, pros are looking at this thing thinking, ‘maybe i want into that,’ because it seems genuine. and it seems cool, and it seems honest. so you can see how, eventually, the two suddenly intermingle. and consequently you have the really pro, established filmmaker sitting next to the guy who maybe idolizes them. it could be somewhere on the site right now — hal hartley’s project sitting next to some kid’s who saw trust when he was fifteen years old and realized that’s what he wanted to do with his life. and they sit side by side, and that’s really kind of the point: it’s just about making things, no matter who you are.

— yancey talked to cinespect about kickstarter, sundance, and the future of independent cinema. it’s a great conversation — read the whole thing here. | via kickstarter