, which had previously released “Icarus,” and other streaming services such as Apple and Amazon steered clear of “The Dissident.” Without any interested buyers, the film languished until last fall. That’s when Briarcliff Entertainment, an obscure distributor run by former Open Road CEO Tom Ortenberg,Fogel thinks the subject matter was too explosive for bigger companies, which have financial ties to Saudi Arabia or are looking to access the country’s massive population of well-to-do consumers.
At the Sundance premiere, you challenged distributors to “…not be fearful and give this the global release that this deserves.” How did that turn out? Will this have a chilling effect on movies that want to tackle these kinds of controversial subjects?
A lot of hype for this when Showtime already released the Kingdom of Silence last year..
I guess bone sawing critics into little pieces has a chilling effect.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Whether Saudi Arabia or China. Far more important to Hollywood now than Kansas.
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