> I realize that routine animation has been taken over by 3rd world
> factories, but I know we had 3 well known animators in Winnipeg (I
> think one was nominated for an academy award or at least the film
> he worked on was). They (or one or two) were contracted by
> Disney I believe to devel
he fund of the Manitoba Federation of Labour in
which I have a small holding.)
Paul Phillips,
Economics,
University of Manitoba
From: Michael Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject:[PEN-L:1422] Re: [Fwd]: [sixties-l] more on 'Steal This Movie'
To:
> > >>From: Michael Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>"Steal this
>> >>Movie" is indeed a stolen movie. It was stolen by NAFTA and is yet
>> >>another example of an American cultural product purporting to be made
>> >>in the US but in fact thrown together in the Canadian movie
>> >>maquilado
> It is a lot cheaper to make films in Canada not only because of tax
> breaks, something that the US of course never uses, but mainly
> because labour costs (wages) and other filming costs (sets, etc.)
> are much cheaper.
> The high American $ is a major factor in all these
> considerations
It is rank nationalism.
If the complaint was that film production is less unionized in Canada than
in the US (I don't know if this is true) I could at least partly sympathize
with the comment about skill levels, job loss, etc. Otherwise, it is a
wonderful example of the arrogance that comes fr
Not a great deal Jim, particularly since all the major movie
distribution chains in Canada are owned by the US (as well as the
majority of TV stations) and they have always refused to show
Canadian made films in the theatres because they don't attract big
audiences because they aren't shown in
Jim Devine asked: "what do pen-l's Canadian comrades think of this
article?"
I forwarded the rant to my new room mate who happens to be a steady-cam
operator and an IATSE member. He laughed. Two factors he mentioned are
more important than the government subsidies Everett fulminates
about: 1. The
what do pen-l's Canadian comrades think of this article?
>"Steal this Movie" --
>
>From: Michael Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>Even with its many flaws, which included terrible casting for the two
>leads, I recommend this film as a sincere attempt at a biopic of Abbie
>Hoffman -- an icon of the
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Subject: [sixties-l] more on 'Steal This Movie'
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 11:20:17 -0700
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"Steal this Movie" --
From: Michael Everett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Even with its many flaws,
