January 10, 2006

Uwe Boll upsets...everyone!

UweBoll.jpgYou know the more I hear about Uwe Boll the more I'm turned against him. He's not really helping his own case any. Now he's telling his actors to not speak in public appearances and slagging off Hollywood. Ermmm, look into the reflective glass Mr Boll.

From Cinematical comes the summary of his latest PR moves:

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."

There's a lot of history behind this but needless to say he is far from the only true independent film studio, and the inexpensive tag has been hugely attributable to German Tax rebates which are now thankfully gone. That aside, how the hell can he say things and treat his fellow workers like that and then expect to receive fair treatment? Producing crap, talking crap and verbally abusing people? Yeah, that'll have people rolling up to invest, take part in, and go see your films!

You know I really would like to sit down with this guy, have a beer, have a long discussion about what he's trying to do and try to understand him.


Posted by at January 10, 2006 07:56 AM


Comments

Why not sit him down, have a beer, and smack him across the face?

Posted by: Sujay [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 10, 2006 09:14 AM

I second that motion!

Smot

Posted by: SmotPoker at January 10, 2006 09:17 AM

Nice to see Uwe Boll finally crack, hopefully this means he will never get funding for another film ever again. The world will be saved for his pathetic, wouldn't even make it to the bargain bin at a petrol station, pieces of crap he likes to call his films.

Posted by: Sam at January 10, 2006 12:50 PM

I was going to say there's probably not much *to* understand about Boll, but then I recall having read on his IMDB entry that he has a doctorate in literature. The man clearly cannot be a total shit-for-brains, which is why I'm mystified by his evident choices when it comes to making films (none of which I've seen, incidentally, not even so much as a trailer; my own feelings about Boll are based purely on what I read others saying about him). The possibility that his film career might be some kind of performance art prank shouldn't be entirely discounted, as it would make more sense than any other explanation for it that I can think of.

Posted by: James Russell at January 11, 2006 08:02 AM