Why I will never be discouraged

Or lose faith in cinema's profound power to renew itself every year

we are always there, waiting to bloom

I firmly believe — despite what Adam Smith claimed — that art, artists, and audiences react faster than business or markets ever will.

Consequently, opportunity always exists for us to get ahead of our own industry, or at least those in positions to run it.

Yet because for those of us involved in cinema, our art and b…