I think he's a fine bussinessman (and promoter) but still a mediocre film-maker... I'd compare him in some ways to the stereotypical Producer (who genuinely knows his (business) craft) wanting to have artistic input on the movie (with all the cinematic craft of a teenager who watches too much TV and thinks anyone could write/make one of them feature films)domino harvey wrote:Guys, you have to realize by now that Boll is expertly cultivating his image as the crazy German director of bad movies, right? He knows exactly what to do and say to generate the publicity he wants. I am convinced that he's a lot smarter than he lets on, and that his films are supposed to serve as muddled performance art against mainstream cinema.
The actor Michael Paré, who has appeared in no fewer than ten Boll movies, is standing by the bar, singing the director’s praises. “I think people misunderstand him because English isn’t his first language. In German, he’s a poet,” he says.
He is very smart. He holds a PhD in literature, actually. He makes his money with a German tax shelter that all but precludes his taking a loss, even if the film flops. Hell, "Raging Boll" should've been a clear sign to -everybody- that he's a genius at self-promotion.domino harvey wrote:Guys, you have to realize by now that Boll is expertly cultivating his image as the crazy German director of bad movies, right? He knows exactly what to do and say to generate the publicity he wants. I am convinced that he's a lot smarter than he lets on, and that his films are supposed to serve as muddled performance art against mainstream cinema.
Unless the people who use the argument Serris relates are happy and willing to swallow the most awful slop at a restaurant without complaint because they themselves cannot cook, their point is useless. In fact, if you bother to think about it, the whole argument (which many besides Boll use liberally) is essentially to tell people they have no business cultivating any sort of critical faculty or ability for independant thought--since, of course, one cannot do everything, or even any more than a small percentage of things.kaujot wrote:I can't say I agree that making bad movies, whether on purpose or not, automatically makes you better than people not making movies at all.
Quick cover-my-ass here: I wasn't trying to endorse Boll's claim, merely to state that I felt he was being honest when he made it, as opposed to his claims that his films are genius, which I seriously doubt he believes.Mr_sausage wrote:Unless the people who use the argument Serris relates are happy and willing to swallow the most awful slop at a restaurant without complaint because they themselves cannot cook, their point is useless. In fact, if you bother to think about it, the whole argument (which many besides Boll use liberally) is essentially to tell people they have no business cultivating any sort of critical faculty or ability for independant thought--since, of course, one cannot do everything, or even any more than a small percentage of things.kaujot wrote:I can't say I agree that making bad movies, whether on purpose or not, automatically makes you better than people not making movies at all.
