The line “stranger than fiction” can really apply to cinema and filmmaking. Actors, directors and the nitty-gritty of actually shooting a movie has enough drama, crazy tales, and lore that it’s no wonder Hollywood itself is often a setting for films and television. In the pre-internet era, all these tales would be unavailable to industry outsiders.
The “Did You Know Movies” Instagram account shares trivia and fun facts about cinema and filmmaking that you probably never knew. So scroll down, upvote your favorites, and stay until the credits to comment any bits of trivia you happen to know yourself.
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Finally, at long last, the film goes to distribution, unless there is some outstanding issue and the production company kills it. For most of the films that we view, the first step is a cinema release. The number one movie-going nation is South Korea, where people viewed an average of 4.12 movies a year, compared to the number two spot for the US (3.88 a year.) Normally, there would be a theatrical “window,” where the film was only available in cinemas and people would have to wait a few weeks to see it at home. Nowadays, streaming services have changed the media landscape from top to bottom. If you want to learn more about interesting cinema facts, check out our other articles here and here.
