Re: underground film....strange dvd release

unspeakablemovie,

As Eddie says, there was confusion about your initial post. The "animosity" we expressed was directed mainly toward what appeared to be your spamming a movie on us. However, as you are the filmmaker, we welcome you and your film and apologize for any misunderstanding.

John

A simpler approach may heva been much better, like "check out my new project".

I wasn't making smartass remarks, I still feel the same way about the satanic topic...draws nothing but weirdos.

uspeakable:
You're claiming that distribution channels are being taken over from big studios and stuff. Why can't you see what they can't?
Distribution is changing and physical media is slowly starting to die. It's called the internet.
Music marketing, due it's faster consumption, is always ahead in the digital era. iTunes is the 3rd biggest seller in music. No.1 and No.2 are "brick and mortar" shops. 33% percent of all the US hits these year (Many of the indies) were direct-to-web releases! No discs, no covers, no jewel boxes... just 1's and 0's. (Apple CEO During the latest keynote he gave for the launch of the new iPod)

Instead of coming here and bombshell us with all this "gorilla-marketing campaign" you started, why don't you just post the (truly) damn thing online and make money with no middle-men ?
Live off advertising or smt. Besides, what u really want is as many people to see your film. Well, if it's good, and it catches on, you can make a name out there for yourself and get a paid gig or smt.

Even real-life production companies are starting to understand the importance of the net and the new ways of distributing content. Myspace is launching it's own tv-series soon and many companies based in LA are buying studio space with aim to use it for internet content. It seems the "YouTube" decade is starting.

I'm telling you this because, i , as a consumer, would never buy something with a) a trailer like that and b) something with a cheesy dvd cover made on photoshop and screenshots in full bleached-out DV splendor on the back! For me "countless screenings in underground cinemas" means a movie that nobody cared to pick up and properly distribute because it's simply not good enough.
I Mean, there are countless festivals and studios are keeping their eyes open. Good stuff are finding their way to cinemas most of the times nowdays.




[Post edited by S_Coaster on Sep 22, 2007]

Only a REAL MORON would make this statement...

< "And if you don't agree with me, look at the MORON who is this country's president and ask yourself how he got elected a SECOND time!" >

He got elected (both times) because enough NON-morons chose to vote for him. Regardless of his political record [highs and lows], anyone who decided to vote for President Bush were sane, and not because of being a "moron". Likewise those that chose to vote for John Kerry, Al Gore, etc, also were not morons.

No, the "morons" voted for Ralph Nader, and Ross Perot :-)) JUST KIDDING!!!!!

As for documentary filmmaking, I rented a great one recently, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, which peaked my interest because of her recent death and media reports.

But the subject of this thread's "documentary" film?? Looks kind of moronic. I'll pass on it.

-Love Hendrix! (The Loverboy)

-duplicate post- (sorry)

[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Sep 22, 2007]

I thought Moron was elected by stealing the first election and then riding the created-for-profit war to a second term. I saw a documentary about it.

Unspeakable,

I apologize if I offended you with my first post where I mentioned "my lawyer." It was a joke, and a poor one at that. Of course you have every right to market your film and, in general, I have no problem with alternative expression, independent films or anything of that nature. I work in a University setting and I live very close to Salem, MA. Trust me, I see a LOT of unusual stuff around here. But let's get one thing clear: If I don't agree with someone, I do not call them "morons." Alternative expression can take many forms and sometimes people use that freedom of expression to manipulate the system: the MIT student who had a fake "object d' art" which kinda' resembled a bomb on her t shirt at Logan Airport in Boston, Move-On.org and the NY Times belittleing a man who is dedicated to preserving their very rights, the President of Iran speaking at Columbia University while Americans are dying because of his policies [including the daughter of a friend of mine], and so on. I wish you the best of luck with your film. I won't see it, but that's my right. Rant over.