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And about Bong being "extremely happy". He's ripped Weinstein on multiple occasions now, and has been furious with him for months.
From the moment that Bong was denied the opportunity of screening his film at the Toronto Festival, because the "TWC CUT" of the film was not finalized (the same treatment at Locarno), the only public appearances in which Bong's shown true joy is in foreign language territories, where he's gotten complete support from the actors involved in the project, who were there backing him and his vision.
Bong has explained to multiple journalists now that his first and most significant meeting with Weinstein was an unbelievable screening of a TWC version of his film, in the attempt to force Bong to start making cuts and changes, advising Bong on how to "improve" his film for U.S. audiences. Bong has explained in detail how many character development scenes and dialogue were suggested to be removed in favor of making a much more standard action picture, and that Bong was asked to accept additional writers' rewrites for rework to be performed on his film. Bong, as we all know, declined to make changes of any kind.
Bong publicly ripped Weinstein at the Tilda Swinton MOMA tribute, by telling everyone there he would've liked to share his latest film he made with Tilda, but he couldn't because, and then he said Harve Weinstein, going on to sarcastically refer to him as "such a great man".
Is Bong "happy" now that his version of the film is the one that got "released" in the US? The price paid for this has left Bong a little less than overjoyed with TWC.
rented Snowpiercer through iTunes and watched in my hotel last night on my iPad mini just fine. Great film indeed. Jul 18, 19:21
heretic! BURN HIM!! {nm} Jul 18, 21:49
there are so many factors in play with this movie. very complex. and new models are hard for people to accept. Jul 19, 02:51
Screen count changes really threw the stock into ups and down. {nm} Jul 19, 06:44
well said and agreed on Peterlee. {nm} Jul 19, 06:48
I guess Harvey expected "Snowpiercer" to receive mixed reviews; but critical reception is really hard to predict {nm} Jul 19, 09:06
ie. "The Quiet American" didn't test well, and Harvey had decided to send that film straight-to-video Jul 19, 09:11
Respect Harvey. He's a genius. {nm} Jul 19, 13:36
part of the reason its getting such great reviews is a reaction to Harvey's threats to cut it. {nm} Jul 19, 11:20
Really? After seeing the movie multiple times, you think that why critics give it a positive review? {nm} Jul 19, 13:37
some critics like making those kinds of statements, yes {nm} Jul 19, 13:42
Interesting to think about UNDSK as a comp to SNWPC (no spoilers) Jul 19, 13:51
The "compassion" scene is gripping, and just amazing. And its ingredients are so few but perfectly done. {nm} Jul 19, 17:34
The "compassion" scene is gripping, and just amazing. And its ingredients are so few but perfectly done. {nm} Jul 19, 17:39
Thank you very much, Moviesnob and lobogotti! But i guess if I am a studio exec, I would be worse than Tom Rothman.... {nm} Jul 19, 09:00
I think it's time for YOU to let this go lol. I'll play one last time on this. The most important aspect on this is NOT ... Jul 19, 11:20
BTW the industry definition for "wide theatrical release" is not the same as HSX's. {nm} Jul 19, 11:36
not really. I'd say maybe 600 screens. Otherwise, for Indies, people confuse "Nationwide" with Wide. Jul 19, 14:22
you're wrong. its far less. {nm} Jul 19, 14:32
Let's see. Two weekends ago. July 4th weekend. I watched Jul 19, 13:50
Great. Snowpiercer launched on VOD July 11th. Jul 19, 14:16
Even worse. That was last weekend, and certainly I'd remember seeing SOMETHING. ANYTHING. I saw nothing. ZERO. {nm} Jul 19, 14:46
And about Bong being "extremely happy". He's ripped Weinstein on multiple occasions now, and has been furious with him for months. Jul 19, 17:31
I got a chance to meet him again in austin recently. He was pretty happy about the current release strategy. {nm} Jul 19, 17:56
What's he supposed to do? It is what it is, and it'll all be over in a couple weeks anyway when it's gone from theaters. Jul 19, 18:13
