Park Life 71 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 The next revolution will be by the American people against their Govt. Nailed on. I give it a year. Buy gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 And even after all that, The Shock Doctrine film is still shite. FYP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 And even after all that, The Shock Doctrine film is still shite. FYP Fair call. Sort of related question, if your movie was about to be released to DVD would you want the laurels of the festivals it's been screened at on the cover? What if they were B and C list festivals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 And even after all that, The Shock Doctrine film is still shite. FYP Fair call. Sort of related question, if your movie was about to be released to DVD would you want the laurels of the festivals it's been screened at on the cover? What if they were B and C list festivals? If they can put quotes from z list magazines like Bella on the sides of buses for blockbusters, I don't see why B and C list festival laurels shouldn't go on the DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Most people don't even read the festival name tttt. The leaves are what swing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Most people don't even read the festival name tttt. The laurels are what swing it. FYP And good answers by the way. Who is a decent indie DVD distributor in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Most people don't even read the festival name tttt. The laurels are what swing it. FYP And good answers by the way. Who is a decent indie DVD distributor in the UK? I think it was Tartan, but the went bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Most people don't even read the festival name tttt. The laurels are what swing it. FYP And good answers by the way. Who is a decent indie DVD distributor in the UK? I think it was Tartan, but the went bust. HF they're not much use to me then, are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Building 7.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Do it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Most people don't even read the festival name tttt. The laurels are what swing it. FYP And good answers by the way. Who is a decent indie DVD distributor in the UK? I think it was Tartan, but the went bust. HF they're not much use to me then, are they? You could Google them and find out who took them out of administration. You artistic types man, you want everyone else to do the legwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Do it yourself. To fookin hard when it comes to distribution because unless you are an established distributor retailers will only take stock on consignment. I've got a Benelux distributor that wants it but only as finished product distributor not a licenser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 The Parallax view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Wasn't it the remake of 'Funny Games' that lead to Tartan going bust? I think I read that somewhere. The original is class by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Do it yourself. To fookin hard when it comes to distribution because unless you are an established distributor retailers will only take stock on consignment. I've got a Benelux distributor that wants it but only as finished product distributor not a licenser. Do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Most people don't even read the festival name tttt. The laurels are what swing it. FYP And good answers by the way. Who is a decent indie DVD distributor in the UK? I think it was Tartan, but the went bust. HF they're not much use to me then, are they? You could Google them and find out who took them out of administration. You artistic types man, you want everyone else to do the legwork. To be honest I was dealing with demand DVD who seem like decent guys but mine isn't a genre they deal in, so the offer was toooooooooooooooooooooo low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Available to watch on now on 4OD if you click on this link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 They should have really called it ''The Shocktrine'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 I didn't think it was too bad, apart from the narration. Can't believe they got Gruey in to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 It appears Ms Klein agrees with me: And Variety magazine doesn't know its arse from its elbow! http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/28...-shock-doctrine Naomi Klein disowns Winterbottom adaptation of Shock DoctrineAuthor and activist disagrees with documentary's take on her critique of 'disaster capitalism', to be screened on More4 Naomi Klein has disowned Michael Winterbottom's forthcoming screen adaptation of her bestselling book, The Shock Doctrine, by asking to be removed from the credits of the documentary after serious differences arose between her and the British director. The Canadian journalist, activist and author of No Logo had originally been slated to narrate the film and act as a consultant. But it is thought Klein became unhappy with Winterbottom's take on her critique of "disaster capitalism" and western economic cynicism after seeing early cuts of the film. She is understood to have felt the documentary – which accuses the US and other countries of exploiting natural and man-made catastrophes in developing countries to push through free-market reforms from which they stand to gain – would have benefited from more interviews and less narration. Klein was not present for the film's premiere at the Berlin film festival and makes no mention of it on her website. She told the Independent that serious differences in opinion had emerged between her, Winterbottom, and the film's co-director, Mat Whitecross. "I can confirm that the original idea was for me to write and narrate the film," she told the newspaper. "For that to have worked out, however, there would have needed to be complete agreement between the directors and myself about the content, tone and structure of the film." She added: "As often happens, we had different ideas about how to tell this story and build the argument. This is Michael's adaptation of my book, and I didn't want there to be any confusion about that. I wish the film success." A spokeswoman for More4, which will broadcast the film on 1 September, said the documentary "was always intended to be Michael Winterbottom's interpretation of Naomi Klein's thesis and she was closely consulted throughout the film-making process". She added that the broadcaster was "very happy with the final result". Although an early review of the film by the Hollywood Reporter described it as "a rough, disjointed doc that fails to get across Naomi Klein's arguments against disaster capitalism", Variety found it superior to many contemporary musings on the same subject. "Judged against the many other recent docus that also critique the machinations of modern capitalism, Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross's [film] looks eminently sober, polished and persuasive," it said. The Shock Doctrine argues that big corporations in search of new markets benefit when governments import the neoliberal economic system, often as a result of pressure from the US, but that this often has catastrophic consequences for ordinary people. Political leaders have turned to "brutality and repression", it contends, to crush protests against their ideologically inspired programmes of privatisation, deregulation and tax cuts. The Shock Doctrine was commissioned by More4 from Revolution Films/Renegade Pictures. Winterbottom's previous work includes 24 Hour Party People and Welcome to Sarajevo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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