Re: Uwe Boll blames us for his failures
i read some article a while ago that claimed uwe boll is actually running a scam to cheat the german government out of a bunch of money because the investors are compensated with complete tax writeoffs for making flops. and his ridiculous interviews are fully intended to piss people off so absolutely nobody will pay to see his movies and get them out of the red (i.e. "in the red" = unprofitable).
from here: http://www.cinemablend.com/feature.php?id=209
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But crucially, the bizarre tax laws in Germany mean that any wealthy Germans who invest in a movie can write-off the production cost, delay paying their taxes and generally reduce their tax burden. When you disseminate all the boring legal business law surrounding it the bottom line is this – the German investors in a movie only pay tax on any RETURNS the movie makes, their investment is 100% deductible, so the minute the movie makes a profit, said investor has to start paying tax. Plus the investors can actually borrow money to put towards investment and write that off too. Assuming you’re a sharp enough businessman you have a potential goldmine in the making; a way to make money from investing in bad movies...
what sort of person who's seriously trying to make a good movie would show footage from a fucken DREAMCAST GAME on a full-sized cinema screen?
