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Like I said in another thread... If they really want to curb piracy they should offer a no-quibble money back guarantee if you walk out of a movie before the last ten minutes

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Well after a few weeks of not having time to watch the film I finally got too last night.
What a great film, it’s truly original, great visual style, acting, casting, dircting.
I have a feeling it will be on my top ten list of the year in a couple months.

After the news this week that the MPAA will start sueing people who download movies on p2p networks, it's great to see someone with opinions like yours.

I do have a couple questions about the movie.
1) In the scene where Lenny is picking up Ethan at the airport why is Lenny holding a sign that says "ED" ?
2) In the scene where there's a fight with Mindy's husband once they've knock him out what is the music that's played? it's also played a little later in the movie.
3) Can you tell me anything about the cast? Where they fun to work with? Where they easy to cast?



Great movie! I’ll be waiting for your next one.

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1) In the scene where Lenny is picking up Ethan at the airport why is Lenny holding a sign that says "ED" ?
2) In the scene where there's a fight with Mindy's husband once they've knock him out what is the music that's played? it's also played a little later in the movie.
3) Can you tell me anything about the cast? Where they fun to work with? Where they easy to cast?

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Back to piracy. I have received quite some feedback from some of my colleagues regarding this endeavor. Here is a quote from a fellow industry person: "Regarding the pirate website, I cannot stress strongly enough the potential damage of supporting piracy. It's one thing to discuss your film as a director, but quite another to welcome piracy in either a public or private venue. I urge you in the strongest terms to remove your postings, or at least publicly reverse them. It is untenable to support theft of intellectual property. The damage could be significant."

To that I respond. If you have a pirate copy of my film L.A. TWISTER pass it around. I feel that there is more good that has come out of this for the film (=awareness), than bad. A lot of people in the industry feel that way without publicly admitting it. I recognize that other filmmakers might feel different about their films; I say here is an example of how it can be very beneficial.

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I just saw this movie and i would just like to say, holy crap. This is the best movie of all time,ever. This movie hands down blows every other 'blockbuster' out of the water. God bless you sven.

I have never seen this movie yet. But because of M$ now I will. The Bootleg Scene in my opinion is GREAT. Not Only Does it allow you to chose if you like the movie before wasting your money on it, it also allows you to watch movies in the comfort of your own house (I prefer my couches and my home theater over actually having to go out and sit in those uncomfortable chairs) that's my opinion personally. And Like Someone else mentioned, if it wasn't for the bootleg scene I would of never heard about this movie ever. A lot of times there are movies i hear about and I can't get my hands on them, but this scene makes it possible for me to view those movies. and for the records *Like everyone else that loves movies, I also buy ALL my favorite movies.

Sven what you've done is sweet man,
Much Respect.

Lye - fIve 1 Nina

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To that I respond. If you have a pirate copy of my film L.A. TWISTER pass it around. I feel that there is more good that has come out of this for the film (=awareness), than bad. A lot of people in the industry feel that way without publicly admitting it. I recognize that other filmmakers might feel different about their films; I say here is an example of how it can be very beneficial.

On that note, good times... back to writing.

Sven

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End of November we are going to start the telecini/video mastering of the film. At this point I'm not a hundred percent sure when the distributor is planning to release the DVD...

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Originally posted by Sven

I feel that there is more good that has come out of this for the film (=awareness), than bad. A lot of people in the industry feel that way without publicly admitting it. I recognize that other filmmakers might feel different about their films; I say here is an example of how it can be very beneficial.

On that note, good times... back to writing.

Sven

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Bit off topic. Its definitely wonderful to see a movie insider saying that seeing a movie is the most important aspect of viewership. Likewise, by his own admission, and contrary to the MPAA / RIAA.. traffic on his site has increased 3 fold on his website. Guess piracy is not all bad.

However sven, I hope you dont get blacklisted by those colleagues of yours. You got talent man, and itd be a shame for it to not be recognized. I would hope this would never happen, as it would show the true greed of the industry, but its all possible. You got all our support here man, I hope your movie makes it nationally. IE like Blair Witch. So far it hasnt, but that doesnt mean it wont. From the reception here, you take a hard stance, and Im sure everyone here would support you through thick or thin. Honesty spoken from the one making a movie, is better than that of some lame Holloywood Flop, blaming piracy for its bad debut. If piracy corrupts all, Why has pixar has successive blockbusters. All the movies they released do great. Maybe it isnt the so called pirates, but the lack of real inspired talent, likeyourself present to the industry... My 2 cents.

hey sven, maybe u shud give ur fans of the movie priority on the dvd... like a pre-release to the ppl on vcdq.... i wud buy it definetely.... or sign them and put them out lol... id say the extras will b cool on the dvd, i look forward to many more movies by u..... its good to see a director thats not obsessed with money

Yes! Lets all give Sven our addresses after admitting we've seen illegal pirate material!

What a GREAT idea!

*cough*

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i havent admitted to anything sven u can send me a dvd

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Originally posted by Sven
Here is a quote from a fellow industry person: "Regarding the pirate website, I cannot stress strongly enough the potential damage of supporting piracy. It's one thing to discuss your film as a director, but quite another to welcome piracy in either a public or private venue. I urge you in the strongest terms to remove your postings, or at least publicly reverse them. It is untenable to support theft of intellectual property. The damage could be significant."

To that I respond. If you have a pirate copy of my film L.A. TWISTER pass it around. I feel that there is more good that has come out of this for the film (=awareness), than bad. A lot of people in the industry feel that way without publicly admitting it. I recognize that other filmmakers might feel different about their films; I say here is an example of how it can be very beneficial.

Sven [/B]

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If you want to sven tell the morons who think piracy is bad for the industry to come over to my house and see the collection of dvd's i have. I have about 100 dvds that I bought myself with my own money because of vcdquality. I was never a big movie person untill i joined up on this site. Now I am a whore to the industry. I am sorry they can't make 200 million dollars off of surviving christmas but that is bad buisness on there part not ours

Perhaps Hollywood should also look at the wages they pay their 'staff'?

No more $20m paychecks or $9m entourage fee's and diva shit. Oh, and how about the execs taking a paycut?

Will any of this happen? Will it fuck.

But it's alright for them to target us, the people that put the wedge in their pockets in the first place.

Perhaps the industry should look at ITSELF first, before laying the blame on others. That is how it works in real life, but what we find true, Hollywood has a whole different view on it. It's how it's always been and always will be.

Me? I'll continue to download what the fuck i like, when the fuck i like. The key thing being, i BUY what i REALLY like.

I'm not giving some fat industry cunt my hard earned cash to blow on some piece of shit movie that by downloading the movie saved me money. Fuck you!

The only stance the industry takes that i DO agree on is targeting those that PROFIT from piracy. Especially the 'Alan' market salesmen you've all heard me moan about before.

Target sellers, not downloaders. Don't like it?

Suck my dick.

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Well.. thankfully I was finally able to watch this flick:

I'm not going to go all sappy and say this is the best movie I'v seen... because for my tastes it wasn't.

My tastes, however, cannot downside the quality of the film itself. The movie had so many great twist and turns it's forced me to watch it a 2nd time, which I'll admit is a very tough task to make a stubborn bitch like me sit through a film twice.

I think this movie proved that excellent film editing can lead to a brilliant film. I'm looking forward to my 2nd viewing to pick up the slack of the unknown which I'm certain I missed throughout the first shot, such as the 2 girls appearing several times.

Cheers from Canada,
Gandy

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wow reading this whole thread was simply awesome. Sven, Cheers to you.
I will not let your hard work go to waste. plan on a purchased DVD from me.



RESPECT, sums up my feelings

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Suck my dick.

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OK...suppose I am going to have to see this flik...will wait for DVD if it's as good as people are saying...
I think piracy can have it's benefits for the film indistry I didn;t have that much interest in films before I started downloading now a few years later I have a collection of over 600 ORIGINAL titles. I download it..if it's good I buy it on dvd simple as that. If you making good films you have nothing to fear from online piracy. Same as the music industry, I downloaded Ian brown's new album a week before release but it didn't stop me queing all night to buy it on the day of release......