Audiences don’t want to be confronted, says Kojo MD
Kojo Pictures MD Kent Smith believes Australian audiences are currently looking for enjoyable journeys on screen, as the distributor prepares for the release of Lou and The Tree.
“That seems to be what people are after at the moment; audiences are looking for something that’s not confronting. In tough times, that’s often the way,” Smith told Encore.
Kojo currently has three films that fit into that model: Lou, The Tree and Swerve.
Exactly, I mean, all you have to look at is the entire Italian neo-realism movement in the wake of WWII. Umberto D was a wonderful romp.