How does one discover the loophole and use it to their advantage?
I'd love to do a full black cast period piece done in the Victorian
age...there was a story I ran across a few years back about an adopted
african daughter too one of the queens
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Daryle
Lockhart<dar...@darylelockhart.com> wrote:
>
>
> "Obsessed" is a Black film, actually.
>
> This loophole in finance Uwe has been riding is something Black filmmakers
> could/should use to make larger budget films in other countries. There are
> so many horror scripts that don' t get made in Hollywood that could be
> getting done in Europe!
> On Jul 5, 2009, at 11:05 AM, ravenadal wrote:
>
> I am watching something called "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege
> Tale" on Showtime. The movie stars Jason Statham and the cast includes such
> stellar actors as Ron ("Hellboy") Perlman, Ray ("Goodfellas") Liotta -
> shamelessly chewing up scenery as Gallion, the prolific John Rhys-Davies,
> Burt "Smokey and the Bandit" Reynolds, Claire "Meet Joe Black" Forlani,
> Leelee ("Deep Impact") Sobieski and Brian J. White ("The Shield,"
> "Moonlight") wearing a nasty looking scar as Commander Tarish.
>
> The movie is directed by German born schlockmiester Uwe Boll, best known for
> his "BloodRayne" movies.
>
> I had never heard of this movie so I went to IMDB, Box Office Mojo and
> Wikipedia and discovered "In the Name of the King" cost $60 million and
> grossed a robust $13 million worldwide. Then I discoverd the first
> "BloodRayne" cost $25 million and grossed a whopping $2.42 million. WTF!!!!!
>
> Then I discovered that Boll is very successfully manipulating a lucrative
> loophole in German tax laws. Boll 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.
>
> Imagine, thought I, if black filmmakers were able to exploit such a
> loophole? Everybody KNOWS black films don't make money. What an excellent
> opportunity to make all the black epics everyone dreams of but nobody dares
> risk the money to make.
>
> What a bonanza! You could hire all the known but under utilized black actors
> and actresses - pay them top dollar - WTF? We are TRYING to lose money after
> all!
>
> Let Vin Diesel make his "Hannibal." Let Spike Lee make his "Tuskegee
> Airmen." Let the Hughes Brothers make whatever they want. Hell, let me film
> "The World Ebon." Shoot, I could burn through a coupla hundred million
> dollars real quick!
>
> Imagine the mishmash of casts you could come up with! What would be your
> dream project?
>
> ~rave!
>
> http://twitter.com/ravenadal
> http://theworldebon.blogspot.com
>
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