Uwe Boll bites the hand that feeds him. Repeatedly.
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Now, while I realized the revelation that a man whose career consists almost entirely of movies
based on video games, none of which has ever turned a profit, is crazy isn't exactly big news, this particular assertion
is based on actual human interaction (someone else's sadly, not mine), not just his crappy movies. At the LA premiere of the now officially disastrous BloodRayne, Uwe Boll stood before the audience and denounced the entire Hollywood community as "greedy thieves." True? Well, perhaps. But if you actually want to work with those thieves? Strike one. Then, he convinced members of the film's cast to join him on stage, only to forbid them to speak because he "hate[s] it when actors talk." Yeah. That's strike two. Finally, Boll proceeded to spend a lot of time talking about how Romar Entertainment is "the only truly independent film studio that makes and distributes films inexpensively." Since by "distributes films inexpensively" I assume he means "sends unsolicited prints to hundreds of theaters," I'm going to have to call that strike three.
I mean, really. Just when you think the man can't possibly damage his reputation further, he goes and pulls something like this. What's the opposite of genius, anyway?
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1-10-2006 @ 3:55PM
zillionaire said...
This is one of the funniest things I have ever read. Thank you cinematical. Thank you Intarweb, and yes, thank you Uwe Boll. Someone needs to make "I'm with Boll-ey quick!" ...ohmigod...think about it...Gary Busey and Uwe Boll...the one show to rule them all!!!!
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1-10-2006 @ 4:37PM
XenoCorpse said...
WHY do people keep letting Uwe Boll touch their intellectual property?
I mean, how can anyone announce- with a smile on their face: "Uwe Boll is making my movie!"
I mean, I grimaced just TYPING that.
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1-10-2006 @ 7:17PM
The Jeremy said...
Vincent Gallo mouthed off at the powers-that-be in Hollywood and yet he still has a career. Boll doesn't exactly work for the Hollywood mainstream anyways, so how does mouthing off against Hollywood hurt him?
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1-24-2006 @ 11:38AM
Steve said...
Remember, his movies don't do particularly well in Europe either. BloodRayne flopped EVERYWHERE, as have his previous abominations. I read an interesting editorial a month or two ago about the theory that, due to the German laws regarding financial backing (in this case, backing of Boll's films) scores the financial contributors tax breaks and other great benefits as long as the film flops. The summary is that Boll intentionally makes bad films, because it nets him and his investors quite a bit of money due to the immense tax cuts they receive in Germany.
So long story short, his best market is probably here in the States anyway, and even if it isn't, he isn't helping his situation here by attacking every facet of the American movie industry.
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