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thenewgreen · 4053 days ago · link · · parent · post: Creativity is rejected: Teachers and bosses don’t value out-of-the-box thinking.
There was a recent post about the re-release of a directors cut version of The Dark Crystal This is a film that could never have been Jim Henson's first project. It's incredibly "risky" by hollywoods standards. When it was released they didn't give it much $ for promotion so Henson bought the film from the studios and put his own money behind it. It made $40mm box office in the US. I'm not sure how much it cost, I didn't see that listed in the wikipedia post. Point is, you don't get to be risky until you've proven yourself and even then you often have to pony up your own money.