As Warren Hsu Leonard just wrote in his blog Steven Spielberg will make a show like American Idol for filmmakers. With this fresh and unprecedented idea 16 finialists will be divided in two groups and each of them has to produce a short film each week.

I just don´t get why this concept is so popular, is it that interesting to watch ambitious (wannabe) artists beeing insulted and drilled by arrogant judges? Well, it must be, after all theses shows are repeated over and over again in different countries.

Well, of course the fact that this is a great chance to get famous is a huge argument for young filmmakers / singers / models / whatever. It is a narrow path between a mainstream artist who is told what to do and an independet artist who has to struggle with a lack of fame (and money), perhaps these shows aren´t that bad, but let me state this again – i hate them.