EXACTLY! As a big movie fan, I also have that same theory. In fact I have read Robert Rodriguez's "Rebel Without a Crew" (from where the "10-minute Film School" comes from), and I see so many parallels between indie film-making and bootstrapping a company.
I would argue that with a movie you actually do iterate and evolve: That's during the editing process. I believe Scorcese once said that his key job as a director was not during filming per se, but during editing.
Also, a curiosity: Rodriguez is a major geek. He does his own special effects on his own studio in San Antonio.
Editing is filmmaking. Writing, acting, photography, recording, those are all arts in themselves, and if you're good at just one of them you don't need a film to be successful. Add editing, and you've turned it into filmmaking.
http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-without-Crew-23-Year-Old-Filmmak...
I would argue that with a movie you actually do iterate and evolve: That's during the editing process. I believe Scorcese once said that his key job as a director was not during filming per se, but during editing.
Also, a curiosity: Rodriguez is a major geek. He does his own special effects on his own studio in San Antonio.