Ryan Walsh
06-23-2005, 01:19 PM
I'm not one for rants usually, I figure people usually have a lot better things to do than hear me bitch, but this just makes me want to cross a few borders and rip off a few heads.
I co-wrote and acted in a feature-length independant movie about two years ago. Whatever board we were on then, I even gave weekly updates on how production was going. It was fun and I was excited about it. As we wrapped and were getting into post-production, which I have jack to do with, the director meets some girl on the internet and goes slowly mad. It's one of those horror stories of internet romances you hear about, she sucks him in and he completely changes from the guy all of us used to know. He used to be fun, easy-going, and swore up and down that he wouldn't let business get in the way of his friendships.
Only two months ago, without any help from said director, the post-production is done and the movie finished. The guy who did all that thankless work is my roommate and was the director's best friend, and he did a good job of it, too. He's been making a few copies of it to give to the main cast and crew that've been waiting to see what we all worked so hard on. Today, he gets a message from the director saying that all the copies are his and we all need to send them to him immediately. It'd be one thing if he just wanted to give them to us himself, or if he wanted to just make a tweak here and there, and even a year ago I might've believed that, but I know KNOW he's going to just sit on the whole thing and not let anyone see it, and it's not going to be for any reason other than it gives him power over the rest of us.
fucker Fucker FUCKER!!!!!!!! :frustrat:
I co-wrote and acted in a feature-length independant movie about two years ago. Whatever board we were on then, I even gave weekly updates on how production was going. It was fun and I was excited about it. As we wrapped and were getting into post-production, which I have jack to do with, the director meets some girl on the internet and goes slowly mad. It's one of those horror stories of internet romances you hear about, she sucks him in and he completely changes from the guy all of us used to know. He used to be fun, easy-going, and swore up and down that he wouldn't let business get in the way of his friendships.
Only two months ago, without any help from said director, the post-production is done and the movie finished. The guy who did all that thankless work is my roommate and was the director's best friend, and he did a good job of it, too. He's been making a few copies of it to give to the main cast and crew that've been waiting to see what we all worked so hard on. Today, he gets a message from the director saying that all the copies are his and we all need to send them to him immediately. It'd be one thing if he just wanted to give them to us himself, or if he wanted to just make a tweak here and there, and even a year ago I might've believed that, but I know KNOW he's going to just sit on the whole thing and not let anyone see it, and it's not going to be for any reason other than it gives him power over the rest of us.
fucker Fucker FUCKER!!!!!!!! :frustrat: