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Everybody Dies
Great, I needed this as well. Aside from my films showing at the Hub on Saturday, other films will, surprise, be shown at the MAC at the same time, which I just found out and can't attend, but also I now have to go into mild legal defense mode, possibly soon to be upgraded to Extreme Legal Defense Mode, because:
1. Nobody asked me if they could show my film, and
2. IT IS NOT MY FILM. They're crediting me, and it's not my film. It's a film very similar to a film of mine, but it's been re-edited, the sound track has been changed, and MY NAME IS STILL ON IT AS EDITOR AND DIRECTOR.
Fucking Christ. I'd rather be plagiarized than mis-credited, especially given that I quite like my film and throughly abhor the altered one. And this is the third time I have had to go to the mattresses to block this recut, which is sort of "Happy Ending to Brazil" equivalent in terms of grossness. Why why why why why why why does this shit happen to me constantly.
I can of course bring to bear the full force of three different powerful legal entitites who also have a stake in the film, but honestly I'd rather let people have their film festival, just with the real film (even though they haven't secured the rights, which is what will get it blocked the second I e-mail the aforementioned powerful legal entitites). If it comes down to it, I'm fine with the film not showing, and I'm willing to lose friends over it. It would just be nice if I didn't have to.
1. Nobody asked me if they could show my film, and
2. IT IS NOT MY FILM. They're crediting me, and it's not my film. It's a film very similar to a film of mine, but it's been re-edited, the sound track has been changed, and MY NAME IS STILL ON IT AS EDITOR AND DIRECTOR.
Fucking Christ. I'd rather be plagiarized than mis-credited, especially given that I quite like my film and throughly abhor the altered one. And this is the third time I have had to go to the mattresses to block this recut, which is sort of "Happy Ending to Brazil" equivalent in terms of grossness. Why why why why why why why does this shit happen to me constantly.
I can of course bring to bear the full force of three different powerful legal entitites who also have a stake in the film, but honestly I'd rather let people have their film festival, just with the real film (even though they haven't secured the rights, which is what will get it blocked the second I e-mail the aforementioned powerful legal entitites). If it comes down to it, I'm fine with the film not showing, and I'm willing to lose friends over it. It would just be nice if I didn't have to.