Great advice Kirby. Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 19, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Kirby McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think that while the movie may indeed be funny, one has to question the > wisdom of making it at all. Of course, there was the promise of $$$ involved > for Sony, so there you go. > > I think Sony and exhibitors like Regal etc were afraid that the movie would > kill attendance at the multiplexes showing it, hurting the business in > general. > > And the notion that something might happen at a screening - something bad - > is real enough. > > But where were their HEADS when they decided to make a film which makes light > of the assassination of a head of state? And don’t forget Li’l Kim is a God > also! > > Where do they get off killing God? Hmm? > > You know they could have made X-MEN MEET THE HULK just as well. > > The irony is that THE INTERVIEW is a lot hotter property dead than alive. > > I suggest that you all just watch MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET again, and forget > the whole thing. > > Kirby > >> On Dec 19, 2014, at 8:32 AM, Posteropolis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, Toochis: >> >> Death of a President (2006), about the assassination of George W. Bush was >> controversial, though not as much as this and it had only limited release >> anyway because it was not a major studio film. >> >> One thing that never gets mentioned in this controversy is that Sony is a >> Japanese company and thus much more sensitive to pressure to North Korea >> than a US corporation might be, given the dark history that connects Japan >> and Korea and of course Japan’s physical proximity to North Korea. >> >> Dave >> >> >> From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Toochis >> Morin >> Sent: December-19-14 9:20 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview >> >> I think the 9/11-type threats made it tough for the release. Also the other >> studios were upset that audiences would be too afraid to go to the movies. >> >> One question: which movies have the assassination or killing of a >> contemporary living person in them? What kind of controversy did they cause? >> >> >> Toochis >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 19, 2014, at 4:11 AM, Simon Oram <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Sony have no backbone but that's typical of many if not all Corporations. >>> >>> I would of imagined Team America was more controversial? >>> >>> Nomis >>> >>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. >>> From: Tommy Barr >>> Sent: Friday, 19 December 2014 10:38 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Reply To: Tommy Barr >>> Subject: [MOPO] The Interview >>> >>> All very quiet here about what I thought would be an item of extreme >>> interest. Who is to blame for pulling the film - Sony or the American >>> cinema chains who refused to show the movie? >>> >>> Tommy >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >>> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: >> https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 >> > > Kirby McDaniel > [email protected] > > > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
