Banzai!
On Dec 19, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Jeffrey Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually SONY is a Japanese Studio. One can argue that SONY / based out of > Japan / is trying to keep their Neighbor NK happy by nixing the picture. If > a Tarantino made the film with an American Distributor then the possibility > that this was going to be released would prob be for sure. > > United States should lead by example and not let threats made against because > of stupid movies create political headlock. The whole point of being an > American is that we don't have to put up with this crap because NK is a > country without Diplomacy and Freedoms. > > As it relates to the movie poster collectors... The value of The Interview is > going up and now is the time to unload one if you have one. > > > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:26:33 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview > To: [email protected] > > Shouldn't the United States lead by example? That is by democracy and > diplomacy. Putting out a film were you are assassinating another countries > leader sends out a message that this kind of behaviour is acceptable and > that's wrong in my honest opinion; and especially when writers try to > satirize/label this film as a comedy. Few thespians in Hollywood are > qualified to accurately solve political matters of this sort. The threat > North Korea poses to freedom and world peace is not a laughing matter. > > The second point I'll make is the release of this picture from an American > studio makes it seem to outsiders that the message, commentary, statements > within the film are representative of the beliefs and ideals of ALL Americans > as a whole. Plenty of us American's don't feel this way. We want to see > democracy brought to North Korea in a peaceful, diplomatic fashion. > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Movie Posters > <[email protected]> wrote: > Shouldn't the United States lead by example? That is by democracy and > diplomacy. Putting out a film were you are assassinating another countries > leader sends out a message that this kind of behaviour is acceptable and > that's wrong in my honest opinion; and especially when writers try to > satirize/label this film as a comedy. No thespians in Hollywood are qualified > to accurately solve political matters of this sort. The threat North Korea > poses to freedom and world peace is not a laughing matter. > > The second point I'll make is the release of this picture from an American > studio makes it seem to outsiders that the message, commentary, statements > within the film are representative of the beliefs and ideals of ALL Americans > as a whole. Plenty of us American's don't feel this way. We want to see > democracy brought to North Korea in a peaceful, diplomatic fashion. > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Dale Dilts <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to start any conspiracy theories here, but it would not surprise me a bit > if the state department didn’t give a little assist in the choice of pulling > the film. > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey > Meyer > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:40 AM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview > > > A Fiction film is a film and that is all that it is. Wether it be about a > world leader being slain or something to do with religion etc... In America - > the core value of the constitution is Freedom of etc... Freedom to make a > film about what ever the heck you want to. And to me, the freedom goes to the > viewer as well. Freedom to view what ever they would like to see. As for the > studio, they have the Freedom to do what ever they want to do. They made the > choice to not screen their film. At least the filmmakers had their freedom to > create it. I would like the freedom to set my own opinion on The Interview. > Now a country that completely lacks Freedom has created fear taking away > mine. We all know The Interview will be released in some format sooner than > later. And with all this controversy.... well controversy sells. And Selling/ > Capitalism/ is another American Freedom. > > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:13:49 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview > To: [email protected] > I think it is worth noting that Paramount Pictures- which is a US corp.- has > now pulled a 10 year old film from South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt > Stone from exhibition. Their 2004 comedy film TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE > about by Kim Jung Un’s father (Kim Jung-Il) was to be shown on Christmas Day > by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and other theatres. > > If one is to believe the US Government (an understandable reach for many of > us) there are/were no credible threats of violence at movie theatres showing > The Interview. What does this mean for the exhibition of controversial films > and documentaries in the future? Prior films about abortion, homosexuality, > the death penalty and integration have prompted actual demonstrations and > credible threats, yet they were shown. Would anyone suggest that the new film > SELMA not be shown because there are still racists, Martin Luther King haters > or some poorly trained police in our country? > > I also think it is worth noting, that prior to World War II when the US > actually had a Neutrality Act that limited political comment in films, > Columbia Pictures (now SONY owned) and The Three Stooges made and released > YOU NAZTY SPY despite the law and rampant fear and paranoia across the US. At > the same time, Warners made CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY, despite the law, > security issues on the Warners lot, credible threats to actors and > executives, lawsuits and all kinds of distribution issues. > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Oram > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 7:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview > > I think it still amounts to giving in to a terrorist threat. > > Also Japan economically is not in a good place, I would think that has allot > to do with the decision to pull the film as well but I think if Sony had gone > ahead with showing the film it would shown the world that they are a strong > nation. Unfortunately this is not the case and is worrying. > > Simon > > Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. > From: Posteropolis > Sent: Friday, 19 December 2014 14:32 > To: [email protected] > Reply To: Posteropolis > Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview > > 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 > > > 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 > > 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 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.
