New Year's Resolutions: What the Indie-Film Industry Hopes to Achieve in 2013

"Resolutions get a bad name only because the most commonly made ones are typically unattainable outside of a 12-step program or a winning lottery ticket. Good luck with keeping a promise made at a time of year marked by unfettered inebriation, rampant self-delusion, torturous family obligations and all-around gluttony.

 Just the same, we here at Indiewire are optimistic sorts. So we asked colleagues and cohorts to think a bit about what realistic expectations they have for the New Year -- with focus on business, personal achievement or the indie-film community. The mix of responses is pretty telling, and for every deep thought there's a humorous aside that's no less true for being flip. This, of course, seems perfectly fitting.

So have some fun reading through their thoughts and think a little bit on what you want your own 2013 to look like -- with an emphasis on realistic endeavor. And please feel free to share your own goals, both personal and for the wider independent filmmaking community, in the comments beneath.

MICHAEL BARKER, co-president, Sony Pictures Classics

I urge everyone to read “The Big Screen” by David Thomson, a consummate history of the moving image, where we've been and where we're headed. Thomson is an exquisite visual stylist, but with words and attitude. This book is an informative, provocative, contentious, illuminating, interactive experience. One minute you'll be on a high, the next you'll be throwing the book against the wall in disagreement with him or with yourself. I'm ready to take on 2013 with this volume tucked firmly under my arm. Call it a Darwin “Origin of the Species” for the motion-picture business. We are all on a precipice. Our future, like our past, is one scary yet exciting proposition. I know, I know, Happy New Year to you too."

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