an excerpt from the book I will post up soon:
Another part of the
invitation to be trained as an actress was to attend the great film festival
that Snaky and Slimy would put on. One of the top best film festivals in the
world.
The great film festival
that they organized was the greatest flop of all film festivals.
First of all none of the
town folk would come as they had experienced his tirades, or drunkenness or
just general rudeness.
A man of etiquette he is
not.
Here we were, his motley
team, begging people to please come to the film festival. Even though it was
free no one would come.
Then there were the times
when the films would not work and people would sit politely for an hour with no
announcement of what was up.
On one such occasion they
finally substituted a film of a producer who had flown in to be there. The
quality of the screen was of such poor standard that the producer had to leave.
When I suggested he apologize to her he accused me of having such weird ideas.
At that point a friend of mine who was thinking of investing in them saw his
true colors and fortunately did not invest.
I know as an investor I
will never see a penny of my investment.
Of course if they are so
moral and open as they claim to be, who knows, pigs might fly.
In the meantime they are
folding one company, into another, into another into another. The shares on the
stock market have been suspended. You get my point.
A man who believes he is
G-d and can stuff everyone over.
The saddest part of this
failed film festival is that the best film, by an Italian director who was
present, was voted by the remaining jurors, was over ridden by him so that his
name could be linked to well known stars and directors. I question if he even
saw the last film as he made a point of never being in the theatre when films
were screened. That was the role of the students to add 8 places to the empty
theatre. How was he to know that his own festival was flopping in front of him?
Is that what allows him the arrogance to notify the world of the wonderful film
festival he put on? Maybe that is why he continues to release press releases
that are blatant lies.
You may be wondering here
about fired jurors. Well to start one walked out, three were fired which now
left him alone. He then chose one very fragile individual to be a juror and the
final one he chose walked out on him.
Now can this be called a
fair and honest film festival?
No one present.
A whole jury expelled
Final vote by one person.
Of the fired jurors two
became good friends of mine. One was a very well known award-winning producer
from LA who paid her own way there. The other came from Italy and she too was
enticed by their cause of non-violence. Their cause is great.
Every single person who
was there from the fired jurors to the core group experienced directly his rage
and his continuation of lies and exploitation. Most of them worked tirelessly for him with no pay. In my
language that is called slave labor. People gave up paid working positions to work with them with
the promise of at least food being paid for. There was no allowance for anyone.
Many have gone into debt thanks to these two.
Their cause is a noble
one and had the creators sorted out their own violence that they are harboring
inside, as well as their own stories of abuse, things might have worked out
differently.
In order to better the
world I do believe film is a very powerful medium. However if the creators of
the films are so violent and maniacal what harm are they doing to the cast and
crew.
Yes it is said that in
the film world the casting couch scenario is true, actors /actresses working
for free. It is enough of this behavior.
I am extremely happy to
meet producers who have the courage to fire directors. May there be more of
them in this field.
I write this that the
world should know about the behind scenes of one out of control director and
his great sidekick.
The cause of non-violence
can only be expressed when one has confronted the dog that has bitten you.
Until one faces that dog one will treat the world from the viewpoint of the dog
still attached to the leg and lack common human politeness and awareness.
They are destroying young
peoples lives.
