From WikipediaBoll is able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allows investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allows them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor is then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor gets a tax writeoff.
While Boll has received a lot of negative publicity regarding this funding method,[8] he was actually one of the few directors to use the tax shelter as intended. His films were financed, produced, and directed by a German company, which was the initial intention behind the tax shelter: to provide incentive for investment in German entertainment properties.
so, dressing a pile of bull-faeces in a mini-skirt magically turns it into something other than what it is.....Manofwar wrote:For what he lack in quality, he makes up in "Shock" and "Gore"
riiight....jamin_za wrote:Right you are, sorry about that.
Thats his target market... If you not into that, do not watch it.the fact that certain segments of society
i may accept that we share this planet with hordes of braindead mouth-breathers... doesn't mean i have to accept their devaluation of the species as being fait accompli....Manofwar wrote:He will create, what people pay to see..
good strategy there my bud: someone is doing a crap job so lets give him MORE money! do you work for the government by any chance?Manofwar wrote:... He would make "Great" movies, if someone gave him decent funding...
QFTIcePick88 wrote:I watched the Dungeon Siege movie, not knowing it was this parra that made it. I thought it was just a crappy movie. Now I know it is a crappy movie, PLUS made by a crappy director.
I agree with GreyWolf. Give him more money and he will make more crappy movies. More money is not going to increase his talent.
Dungeon Siege had a $6m budget and it was still crap... increasing the budget doesn't improve the quality of the film...Manofwar wrote:
He would make "Great" movies, if someone gave him decent funding... {Not funds, he has to provide, to claim back from tax}
For what he lack in quality, he makes up in "Shock" and "Gore" .... {If yu into that}
Uwe Boll wrote: I thought we can bring some freshness into that whole thing to have a contemporary guy going back into medieval times.
We can add a lot of humour, also; like, ‘where’s the toilet?’, you know? All this kind of stuff
Oh Uwe, you cut-up!
