How do you divide your time now?
One of the great pleasures of my life has been the opportunities to reinvent myself. Being able to live in different places gives me ever-changing perspectives. We’re winding down our film distribution activities but I’ve decided to direct one more film and have just finished the screenplay. We hope to shoot it later this year in Japan. I’m loving the EcoNikko work, arranging yoga weekends and introducing visitors to Nikko and Japanese culture .
One of the great pleasures of my life has been the opportunities to reinvent myself. Being able to live in different places gives me ever-changing perspectives. We’re winding down our film distribution activities but I’ve decided to direct one more film and have just finished the screenplay. We hope to shoot it later this year in Japan. I’m loving the EcoNikko work, arranging yoga weekends and introducing visitors to Nikko and Japanese culture .
[ edited by nyrk on 2009-01-25 17:10 ]
I thought they got name-only credits on the TV show. I never heard them being involved in it.
zz9 | January 25, 03:41 CET
jlp | January 25, 03:48 CET
Derf | January 25, 04:02 CET
daylight | January 25, 04:07 CET
zz9 | January 25, 06:39 CET
Simon | January 25, 06:41 CET
Liam Mars | January 25, 07:03 CET
redders | January 25, 07:13 CET
gossi | January 25, 07:13 CET
For that matter, since this movie seems to constantly be free on my OnDemand option, and I don't want to switch all the cords to watch a DVD, I actually put it on as white noise from time to time. It's *still* kinda fun.
I also don't care that they get a credit of some kind on the shows -- that's just business. I *do* care that they seem to think they have some real hand in what the show *was*, which is just crap. Pat yourselves on the back for the business acumen to say "let's make a show" and to just turn it over to Joss, but don't go hinting that the show is what it became in terms of quality because you were the one with the rights to it and not someone else.
KingofCretins | January 25, 07:35 CET
[ edited by phlebotinin on 2009-01-25 16:57 ]
phlebotinin | January 25, 07:52 CET
palehorse | January 25, 07:57 CET
phlebotinin | January 25, 07:59 CET
palehorse | January 25, 08:04 CET
FiveBy5 | January 25, 08:12 CET
phlebotinin | January 25, 08:14 CET
I haven't been able to get past this first line. Shouldn't it say "a box office bomb that generated a hit television series in spite of itself"?
Emmie | January 25, 08:28 CET
zeitgeist | January 25, 08:42 CET
As for them having something to do with it, I look at it as a crappy still photograph that somebody took and made into a tremendous mural.
Desertpuma | January 25, 09:22 CET
Sunfire | January 25, 09:26 CET
Emmie | January 25, 10:57 CET
Though how scary is it that a off the cuff comment made to a friend during a party can become seen and discussed by millions of people fifteen years later? I'd be scared to say anything!
zz9 | January 25, 12:33 CET
As for the original "Buffy" movie "not all that" kind of says it, though it does have more moments than most mediocre films.
bobster | January 25, 14:52 CET
LKW | January 25, 16:57 CET
- Dan Kearns, crew member on Angel, wrote in the essay, "Angel by the Numbers" from Five Seasons of Angel (2004), p25
Hmm. Could Kearns have been talking about the Kuzuis?
paxomen | January 25, 17:29 CET
archon | January 25, 17:43 CET
KingofCretins | January 25, 18:08 CET
So the Kazuis literally rolled the dice and gave a young Mr Whedon the chance to have his screenplay made into a movie. I don't deny it became an early lesson for Joss in how his creative visions could be interfered with by others, and I for one am glad that the Kazuis never felt the need to assert their own 'stamp' on 'BTVS' or 'Angel' as EP's.
But Hollywood is, after all, a business, and kudos to them for recognizing that there was a viable franchise here and being clever enough to broker rights to something that went on to be so successful.
Because, after all, having the movie behind him allowed Joss to go on to produce the TV show he wanted, giving him a sound reputation and fanbase which then enabled his other projects (like Firefly!) to be greenlit.
[ edited by missb on 2009-01-26 07:24 ]
missb | January 25, 19:15 CET
Oh, the Kuzuis distribuited a Brazilian movie - Orfeu. It's a terrible thing, however, it wasn't their fault ;)
Brasilian Chaos Man | January 26, 05:03 CET
sumogrip | January 26, 07:57 CET
catherine | January 26, 08:36 CET
The thing that really gets me is that due to the incredibly stupid system, Lieber takes a share of the creator royalties despite his work having nothing to do with what appears on screen, whereas Lloyd Braun not only gets nothing (when the basic idea was his to begin with), he got fired from the network for commissioning the show!!!
daylight | August 07, 04:25 CET