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Originally Posted by gideongallery
so know your arguing that you have to get fucked over by hollywood accounting 17 times and then you can finally get paid fairly
let me ask you a question what showing of red state did you go too?
as far as i am aware of he sold out every appearance using his smodcasts except for one
and he bitched about how much money he wasted because of the way he was forced to advertise that appearance to get oscar consideration.
http://www.movieline.com/2011/07/28/...ualifying-run/ |
He chose to enter into the Hollywood system. Nobody held a gun to his head and made him direct Cop Out. He did it because he was getting paid (and likely getting paid well) to do it. He chose to play the game, and now he is reaping the rewards of that game.
I didn't see a showing of Red State. I saw an interview with him about what his plans were as far as taking it around the country and he never did a screening in my city. Had he done a screening here I would have tried to get tickets to go see it.
Also, did you actually read the article you linked to? I just did and I didn't see him complaining at all about wasting money for Oscar consideration. He, along with help from Quentin Tarantino, arranged the screenings so that the cast could get considered for Oscars. He even says in the story that if you feel the $20 ticket price for those screenings is too much, skip it and in a couple of weeks you can get it on pay per view for $9.99. Please show me the part in the article where he is complaining about wasting money on those screenings. If he complains about anything it is when he says, "And if you don't want to pay to see it at all, you'll likely be able to download a Bit Torrent version for free by the end of the Red State Labor Day debut. And still, someone will bitch that even THAT costs too much somehow." that is him bitching at the freeloaders, not the Oscars.