cross posted from Reddit

[crazycatlady]

You are given $300 million to make a movie. Only catch is that it has to bomb at the box office or you and your loved ones die.

What do you make?

[democratisphere]

1. Documentary on Dust.

[bearsfootball516]

2. All the useful things you can do with worms.

[donkeypoofed]

3. A re-make of Ishtar!

Wonder if Beatty &Hoffman are available. And I actually didn't think the movie was that bad.

[FSogol]

4. A gritty reboot of Warhol's "Sleep" starring Charlie Hunnam and Kristen Stewart.

PS. Have your people call my people....

[TygrBright]

5. One of the "Left Behind" books, starring members of the Westboro Baptist Church. n/t

[Thunderbeast]

10. Ohhhhh....I'd watch that!

[crazycatlady]

6. sequel to Mean Girls

Only the Plastics (the popular) girls bring AR-15s to school and open fire on their classmates and teachers.

[demgrrrll]

7. 24 hour documentary of myself...sleeping.

[Heartstrings]

8. Redo of "Eyes Wide Shut"

Called "Eyes closed shut"....4 hours of black screen.

[JuJuYoshida]

9. take the 300 million and easily leave the country

[gratuitous]

11. Concept: Brewster's Millions meets The Producers meets Alan Smithee

Considering what does well at the box office these days, I wouldn't take that offer.

[surrealAmerican]

12. a surreal cinematic masterpiece ...

... with stunning imagery, a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack, and no narrative thread.

[Talitha]

13. Aim the camera at some black paper for 3 hours

[Adsos Letter]

14. Watching Paint Dry

A five hour look at paint drying. With examples of Flat, Matte, Eggshell, Satin, Semi-Gloss, and Gloss. With an emphasis on the effect of various colorants, fillers, and binders, as well as varying substrates and ambient conditions.

Narrated in Philippine Mandarin by Adam Curtis...a drunken, angry Adam Curtis.