One more little thing. Not only is SONY a Japanese owned company, but THE INTERVIEW is a Canadian film.
It isn't really a US film, though it was being released and co-produced by SONY's US subsidiary Columbia Pictures. THE INTERVIEW was filmed primarily in Vancouver BC and other Canadian locales and was completely subject to Canadian tax and labor law. Much of the cost for the creation and production of the INTERVIEW was paid by Canadian and British Columbia taxpayers. From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel imap mail Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview Banzai! On Dec 19, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Jeffrey Meyer <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Meyer Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:40 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] The Interview To: [email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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? 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