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Offline nakymaton

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interview with BBM locations manager
« on: September 07, 2006, 02:21:46 pm »
Posted on the "Finding Brokeback" site:

http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Solly/Solly.html

Really cool interview.
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Re: interview with BBM locations manager
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2006, 03:52:06 am »
You're right!  That was very cool.  Thanks for pointing me in that direction :)
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Re: interview with BBM locations manager
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2006, 02:18:32 pm »
Part 2 of the interview is now posted: http://www.findingbrokeback.com/Interviews/Solly/Solly2.html

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There is a huge demand for a director’s cut.

This is now basic strategy for movie companies. They put out as little as they can for the first one. The first DVD is literally a teaser. Look at Star Wars. There are all of these other DVDs that they know people are going to buy later.

That is what’s happening with DVDs now. They will provide the absolute bare minimum on the release day and then Christmas or whatever, they’ll come out with a Silver Screen edition. And then two or three years later, they’ll come out with the director’s edition, and they are going to keep doing this because that is what the market demands. When I saw the extras on the Brokeback DVD, I was disappointed as well. I am quite certain there is going to be more. This is now a part of the cultural fabric; it’s not going to go away. And they know this is going to be a project that is going to go on forever.

I am quite certain that Criterion is going to get a license and you are going to see the Criterion Collection of Brokeback Mountain. I have been very tempted to phone Focus and phone Michael Hausman and offer to pay my own way to go down to do a commentary track. I will even pay for [Assistant Locations Manager] Jay St. Louis to go do a commentary track just about the locations on the show. I would love to do that.

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This is, seriously, one of the coolest BBM interviews I've read.
Watch out. That poster has a low startle point.

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Re: interview with BBM locations manager
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2006, 11:43:57 am »
I sure hope he's right about that special edition DVD.  I wish they would get going on it already!  ::)
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Re: interview with BBM locations manager
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2006, 01:20:43 pm »
Thanks for posting this, Mel! Very interesting.
And it sure does whet one's appetite for another DVD.  :)
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Re: interview with BBM locations manager
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2006, 01:53:23 pm »
What an interesting interview!  Thanks for finding it for us Mel.  Not too many more weeks until the Christmas shopping season hits, keeping my fingers crossed.....

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Re: interview with BBM locations manager
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2006, 03:44:01 am »
Excellent!  How wonderful to get to hear all this background to the filming of my beloved BBM.
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