Anybody got a poster? On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Toochis Morin <fly...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Great advice Kirby. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 19, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Kirby McDaniel <movieartaus...@gmail.com> > 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 <posteropo...@bell.net> 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:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>] *On Behalf Of *Toochis Morin > *Sent:* December-19-14 9:20 AM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *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 <fab5fre...@btinternet.com> 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: *MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > *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 > movieartaus...@gmail.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
