Incentives in Tennessee: must read

Following up on last week's public hearing, there's a good look at the issue of incentives for filmmakers in the Nashville Scene. Lots of problems, lots of possibilities.

Once the committee submits its recommendations in February, one little task remains: to get a tightfisted state government to agree, especially when few understand the Byzantine methods of film and TV financing. In years past, Linn Sitler recalls, when the issue was raised from time to time, it seemed like “the farther east you went, the less excitement there was” from legislators about production incentives.