How does Uwe Boll keep finding work?

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IronBrig4

IronBrig4

This has been bugging me for some time now. His movies are awful and yet he keeps churning them out. Both the critics and the fans hate his work but that doesn't seem to faze him in the slightest.

What's even more puzzling is he gets A-list actors to star in his crapfests. Go to IMDB and look at the cast.

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Jason Statham
Ron Perlman
John Rhys-Davies
Burt Reynolds
Ray Liotta

A top notch cast, right? How could he get them to agree to this? Was it a bet or something?
 
filmfanatic

filmfanatic

IronBrig4 said:
This has been bugging me for some time now. His movies are awful and yet he keeps churning them out. Both the critics and the fans hate his work but that doesn't seem to faze him in the slightest.

What's even more puzzling is he gets A-list actors to star in his crapfests. Go to IMDB and look at the cast.

In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Jason Statham
Ron Perlman
John Rhys-Davies
Burt Reynolds
Ray Liotta

A top notch cast, right? How could he get them to agree to this? Was it a bet or something?
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He makes use of a German tax law that rewards investing in films by mang it a tax write-off. Thus, even if a film is a complete bomb, the investors get to write it off their taxes.

As for the casting, who knows?
 
klew

klew

work = paycheck

Since his films are not widely seen, actor reputations are not that damaged. I do believe that loophole was closed. Perhaps the cast of that particular film convinced financiers that the film might be able to make money.
 
filmfanatic

filmfanatic

klew said:
work = paycheck

Since his films are not widely seen, actor reputations are not that damaged. I do believe that loophole was closed. Perhaps the cast of that particular film convinced financiers that the film might be able to make money.
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Actually, I think that loophole was closed recently.

For recent films like Far Cry, I believe he asked for donations.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

escushion said:
Which is kind of worse, isn't it? If they're simple mediocre, there's no reason to see them, whereas if they're completely awful trainwrecks, there's something to watch... not for its quality, of course.
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I own House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and Dungeon Siege. I would probably buy BloodRayne and Postal if it weren't on Netflix instant.
 
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Steven Soderburgin

Dungeon Siege is remarkable. Matthew Lillard's performance is a special kind of brilliant.
 
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