LETTERS

Re “A Crafty ‘Witch,’ ” by Glenn Whipp, July 11: “The Blair Witch Project” was a fluke. It showed that anyone -- and I mean anyone -- can make a movie. No story, no acting, no production values. Just hype and great marketing.

How sad that this so-called movie made as much money as it did while Francis Coppola’s “Tetro,” a true independent film, is gone from theaters after only four weeks.

If the influence of “Blair Witch” is the future of American filmmaking, God help us all.

Steve Barr

Los Angeles