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Disney is closing Miramax.

i'm not surprised, just disappointed. kind of like discovering that they don't market villains or older properties at the parks anymore.

the Weinsteins brought grit and marketing savvy to "indie" film distribution, managing to punch their films into markets as small as my little towns in Pennsylvania. they were the brand name on the culture that mattered to me in college and for years beyond. Clerks, The Crow, Pulp Fiction. Il Postino, Queen Margot, Princess Mononoke.

the Weinsteins aren't exactly my favorite people these days, but i'm sorry that the thing they made is going away - and that they still can't use the name that honors their parents.

(no subject)

Disney is closing Miramax.

i'm not surprised, just disappointed. kind of like discovering that they don't market villains or older properties at the parks anymore.

the Weinsteins brought grit and marketing savvy to "indie" film distribution, managing to punch their films into markets as small as my little towns in Pennsylvania. they were the brand name on the culture that mattered to me in college and for years beyond. Clerks, The Crow, Pulp Fiction. Il Postino, Queen Margot, Princess Mononoke.

the Weinsteins aren't exactly my favorite people these days, but i'm sorry that the thing they made is going away - and that they still can't use the name that honors their parents.