Let me preface by saying I can understand where he’s coming from; moviemaking is indeed a business, and the business can’t succeed if it doesn’t make money. And a movie can’t make money if people are downloading it for free online.
But c’mon, that’s not why Hostel Part II tanked at the box office. According to [...]

Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Enrique
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“Not Taiwanese enough” is how Anne Thompson over at Variety described Ang Lee’s latest movie Lust, Caution, after it was denied a nomination for the upcoming Academy Awards. Apparently, in order to qualify as a foreign movie, your entire crew must be from the same country.
Check out Variety Asia for a more diplomatic explanation.
So there [...]

Posted on October 18th, 2007 by Enrique
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