Islamic Terrorism and Independent Filmmaking

"The secret about the Independent film business is that it's not really a business."

-Daily Variety.

And yet, people are still drawn to it. Filmmakers do it to get their voices heard and to kickstart a career of mini stardom. Financiers do it to be associated with the sex of movies and for the chance of a huge pay day.

Why do assholes finance terrorism? I imagine the motivations are not all that different from indy film financiers. They want their voices heard and it's sexy in their part of the world.

In reading about KSM in the news lately, it seems clear that this guy was the equivalent of a writer/director, coming up with terrorist plot ideas, planning them out, and then going to financiers (Bin Laden) to get the money and crew. Bin Laden and Al Queda acted like the studio who finances and selects projects and keeps on staff a staff of trained craftsmen/warriors.

Now that the core Al Queda has been disrupted from their base in Afghanistan, independent studios (terrorists) have popped up everyone - little mini groups self starting their own acts of terror.

Perhaps the FBI and CIA should consult with the movie studios to see what kind of tactics they use to cut out indy films from the market. Or, even better, look at how the studios coopt indy films to make profits for the studios.