The Oracle heiress' Annapurna Pictures faces financial headwinds, but the producer behind such films as 'Vice,' 'The Master' and 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' should be praised for her increasingly rare commitment to quality.
Let me be frank: Megan Ellison is a pain in the neck. From a reporter's point of view, she's aloof, unconcerned with branding, as secretive as the Kremlin. She's that worst of all creatures when it comes to dealing with the press: someone who has no desire for press. Then why do I admire her so much?
Because there's no executive now who has a greater passion for film — and not just the medium but a particular kind of movie-making that's becoming an endangered species: the specialty release, the thoughtful, character-driven drama that the majors long ago turned their backs on. There aren't many who share her devotion: a few execs in the art house world and even the occasional studio suit .
In another time and place, we wouldn't just admire Ellison's commitment, we'd revere it. She's not just an investor, she's a patron, and if her patronage were lavished on a different art form — say, subsidizing sculptors or bestowing gifts on the Metropolitan Opera — she'd be lionized. But because her obsession is movies, people are skeptical — as if, deep down, we still don't consider film equal to all those other art forms, as if showshould be the operative term.
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