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Back from Cannes w/ $20m film
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:15 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Pretty much bet my career a few weeks ago. One film is off the ground. Went to Cannes to create something out of nothing.
2nd night a producer asked for my help after family emergency cancelled their trip.
2 days later I had a handshake deal to finance a $20m Oscar contender subject to signatures on remaining talent deals.
Looks like it was worth it. Post Cannes, I'm playing a few other companies off each other and stirring up a mini-bidding war. |
Date: May 28th, 2025 6:22 AM Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa What’s your favorite Terrence Malick movie? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966847) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:37 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Tree of Life?
thin red line was good but so fucking long. |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:43 AM Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa You seem stuck in your aesthetic phase. How is your faith? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966865) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:16 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) After Cannes, my faith in everything is a helluva lot stronger. I've very grateful.
Aesthetics will hopefully underly everything I do. I'm helping make entertaining films, but I am focusing on projects that are hopefully visually moving or at least try to push film back into being some semblance of an art form too. I've diverted 2 films away from Netflix in the past few weeks convincing the producers not to take their cash and to give their hard work a chance at a run in cinemas. |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:15 AM Author: blow off some steam That guy definitely molests kids (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966932) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:53 AM Author: Judas Jones What's the latest on funding for the Getty film? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966873) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:21 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Finalised a $300k portion. But I had to kick international sales off to another agent for Cannes as they were putting up extra $$$$$$ - luckily a dinner confirmed sales are strong enough to cover the gap in the budget. Final contracts to be finalized eow. Weak dollar fucked the producers but finally getting sorted. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966889) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:22 AM Author: cowgod (cowgod) Do you need a Curator? E-mail me privately (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966890) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:23 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) I have some really great films lined up with various folks. Would be curious to hear your thoughts tbh. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966892) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:37 AM Author: cowgod (cowgod) E-mail me privately (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48967091) |
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Date: May 30th, 2025 10:26 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) will do this weekend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48973365) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:25 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) fucking wonderful email to get - now meeting with a major film financier tomorrow to discuss slate financing. Thank fucking god. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966894) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:53 AM Author: Nippon Professional Baseball Weren’t you asking XO to crowdfund like $100k? Where are you gonna crowdfund $20m? Get 20m redditors to all chip in $1? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966909) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:36 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Needed the final 300k out of $8m after an equity investor dropped out towards the end of last year.
$20m is institutional cash. |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 4:51 PM Author: PoastPapi Just so you know -- you're almost certainly facilitating money laundering. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968624) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:32 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) when I joined the production I actually helped get rid of the Italian production services company that was almost certainly going to. The rest of the financiers and producers are on the up and up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969815) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:56 AM Author: buckwild white guy Yeah I’m sure it’s an “Oscar contender” lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966911) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:39 AM Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa Any film released in theaters for a week is an Oscar contender (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48967097) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 4:44 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Killer directorial debut of a major A-list star with an even better ensemble. I actually stumbled onto an Oscar contender. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968606) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:24 AM Author: ungrateful shiteater Does it contain enough trans nigger chomo heroes to qualify for Academy consideration? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969995) |
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Date: June 1st, 2025 1:30 AM Author: dirte (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48978110) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 11:08 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) features a hero of civil rights. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980544) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 11:12 AM Author: exley Sounds like total garbage.
Sorry for your bad luck to get into the movie biz and just start to get this sort of career traction when the medium of “film” is at an all-time, (probably-permanent) low in quality. I’m sure you’d have been involved in great movies in the 70s and 80s. |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 12:31 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) This one will be good, unless production fucks it up.
ty- I love film so I'm going to keep going - but the industry is a gnarled mess at the moment. Lots to be hopeful for, though, and feels like there could be a comeback for film in the next few years if things keep going the way they are. Studios are fucked for a few years. |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:12 AM Author: 400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding (✅🍑) 180 good for you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966929) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 4:42 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) ty ty, appreciate it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968598) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:15 AM Author: richard clock i expect you to invite us all to the oscar party (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966933) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 4:42 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) investors get invites. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968601) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 4:56 PM Author: richard clock ive invested time in reading this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968639) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 4:57 PM Author: .......,,.,.,.,.,,,,,,.,.,..,.,. my nuts are invested in resting on your chin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968642) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 5:04 PM Author: blow off some steam slam dunk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968662) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:33 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) no yacht party for you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969816) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:36 PM Author: strike this country down why don't you invest this dick in your ass G? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48971706) |
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Date: May 30th, 2025 4:30 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) negative ROI. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48972786) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:27 AM Author: Smoker Nice work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966955) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:47 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) TY - you should join next year - https://imgur.com/a/IXf8qXh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969823) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 3:32 PM Author: Smoker I’d be down (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48971505) |
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Date: May 30th, 2025 10:25 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Do it. Actually, I should email you anyway. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48973360) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:44 AM Author: animeboi (.) Does your movie explore Blacks or transgender? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48966973) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:34 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) One explores and important piece of black history.
Another producer is pitching me a trans story which probably would be a good film but would be extremely difficult to sell so prob won't take it on. |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:43 AM Author: animeboi (.) flame, there is no important Black history. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969952) |
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Date: June 1st, 2025 2:50 AM Author: peeface already been done
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/ |
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Date: June 1st, 2025 2:53 AM Author: blow off some steam (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48978147) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:37 AM Author: Oh, you travel? ( ) what happened to the Al Pacino Vehicle (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48967092) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:38 AM Author: 400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding (✅🍑) I think that's now getting made, isn't it? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48967096) |
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Date: May 28th, 2025 4:42 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48968594) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 2:46 AM Author: Dave Prole Are you talking about the Imogen Poots movie? That doesn't look marketable
Urchin and Exit 8 have commercial potential |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:13 AM Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa This doesn’t look like box office gold to you: https://images.app.goo.gl/VNNjdCb6DGtK6wTE9 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969806) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:30 AM Author: Dave Prole Imagine listing that actor, director and screenplay on a piece of paper and claiming it's a strong investment at $20m
Either op needs to run his decisions by XO or stop being so obvious about blatant money laundering schemes |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:46 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) not my film, friend. Mine includes some of the cast from Pulp Fiction... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969822) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:00 AM Author: Dave Prole You should do something with Ben Foster
That guy is low key the Marlon Brando of our generation |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 5:28 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) 95% certain one of my other producer partners has a film with him...I'll check on Wednesday. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980100) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:46 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Naw, that's arthouse prestige piece. Not my film. I was at a meeting overlooking that red carpet though - https://imgur.com/a/IXf8qXh
Mine is in pre-production. Working with talent agency to finish locking the rest of the above-the-line down to satisfy conditions for funding. Have another meeting in an hour with another finance co. who's interested in a mix of debt and equity, and a third option next week. Have another offer in hand for half the budget but then I'd have to fill the rest with equity and apparently people here don't have as many millions as they say they do.
All 3 of the films you mentioned had a killer market though. Sales were stronger this year than in the past 5. Mood was elevated and folks eager to make deals.
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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:48 AM Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa Ghastly (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969955) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:55 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX Entourage, c.2007
Nice cribbing of the plotline |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:03 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) I've said this before .... my life has turned into the worst Entourage episode I could have dreamed of. But it's actually working out. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48969970) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 9:13 AM Author: ;::;:;;::;;;;;:::: (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48970145) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:49 AM Author: sam hyde inseminating boner police's mouth via gjr who ended up financing the 300k ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48970031) |
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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:15 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) family office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48971633) |
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Date: May 30th, 2025 11:46 AM Author: Brussels Sprout: Brussels,Helsinki,Stockholm,Kyiv is Sentimental Value good as hyped? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48973594) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 3:18 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) supposedly it is as good as hyped. Haven't had the time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48981315) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 3:45 PM Author: Brussels Sprout: Brussels,Helsinki,Stockholm,Kyiv did u gush over any starlets like Renate or Elle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL6JJrjr97o |
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Date: May 30th, 2025 2:49 PM Author: ''"'''"''"' Is there an opportunity to get involved in financing for bridging pre-production and early production costs until committed investor funds are disbursed? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48974099) |
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Date: May 30th, 2025 5:48 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Very very much so. It's a form of backstop deal. Can do small $50k up to a full backstop for a territory up to like $1.5m+
It's sheltered a bit so risk is lower compared to other film/tv deals. Can chat if you email me. |
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Date: June 1st, 2025 1:56 AM Author: hank_scorpio wait, you're telling me retards basically loan money to a film production assuming new retards will pay them some sort of interest to get in later on? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48978122) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 5:28 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) this is the case. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980101) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 3:28 PM Author: Dave Prole Isn't that literally how crypto works (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48981337) |
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Date: May 30th, 2025 6:00 PM Author: harold lauder (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPMyxMyJr-0) why is film financing even a thing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48974767) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 5:38 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) filmmakers are usually poor for a long while but have the ability to make other people a lot of money in a perceivably glamorous way. And when you finally hit it, it pours. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980104) |
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Date: June 1st, 2025 1:25 AM Author: Dave Prole What do you think about the Ridley Scott / Mark Walhberg movie about the Getty kidnap? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48978107) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 5:36 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Wasn't true to story (ofc) and went against the wishes of the Getty estate. Hollywood wasted a shit ton of money on that.
Ours is good with both the family and the Getty estate telling the story through one of the mobsters, who happens to be the other producer's long passed great uncle. : | |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 3:26 PM Author: Dave Prole It made the whole Getty family look really bad so that's not surprising
Mark Wahlberg and Plummer were both 180 and perfect for their roles
Do you have anyone good playing the secret agent guy in yours? |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 7:21 AM Author: ZOOMER STOMPER (No Future) Have you ever read/do you have thoughts on film theory? Thinking stuff like Truffaut, Kracauer, Plantinga, Mulvey, Bazin (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980187) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 7:35 AM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Haven't studied in earnest since undergrad, and only took a few electives, so only a vague background enough for me to fake a one-liner if there are real artists talking. I haven't had time until now to that sort of thing tbh.
That said, realism isn't the most important aspect of film. Film should be about emotional experiences, agree. Women's portrayal in film broadly reinforces patriarchal stereotypes but most attempts to counter that fail miserably from a commercial perspective b/c the filmmakers want to bash the audience in the face with the topic at hand.
I aim to make films that entertain and make you feel something one way or the other, shot like films used to or should be, hopefully have some sort of artistic contribution, and are still commercial enough that they get seen. No use in making art if no one experiences it. |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 11:16 AM Author: Traditional Latin ass You sound bald (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980574) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 1:02 PM Author: blow off some steam (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980959) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 3:19 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) Luscious long locks. Keep it around shoulder-length now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48981320) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 12:04 PM Author: ZOOMER STOMPER (No Future) I agree with your sentiments, especially that the point of film should be subjectivity over realism (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48980741) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 12:00 PM Author: 400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding (✅🍑) I can’t believe nobody has asked this: DESCRIBE the hot young women lurking around the Cannes film festival, in detail. |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 1:04 PM Author: Darnell yes, please DESCRIBE
also RATE their casting couch performances |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 1:42 PM Author: Traditional Latin ass Women are scared off by all the leering north africans milling around not flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48981069) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2025 3:20 PM Author: Salivary Stoned (xoentlaw@gmail.com) later later (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730573&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#48981322) |