It didn't break even, but he's managed to raise another chunk of change for his second feature. I guess I'm just used to the idea that if you create something, you want it to be seen. Musicians perform, whether it be for bar mitzvahs or the Fleet Center. Playwrights stage works in basements, on the street, and in neighbors' garages. Stand-up comedians go to whatever open mic night is available to them.
Actors do community theater.
And, in my mind, movie-makers find ways of making movies. Tons of people out there are making independent features. They're not scripts on a pile on some agent's desk, on top of six that are just as good and under three that are worse. I guess I'm one of those people who would keep the band going to the wedding and birthday party gigs. And I'm starting to think that 2000 is going to be the year I try to break into independent film.