Director attacks critics after film is held back
Uwe Boll hits back at critics after new film opens in only four US cinemas
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Monday, 19, May 2008 03:55
Controversial director Uwe Boll has hit back at critics after his new film Postal opened in only four cinemas in the US.
The movie, an adaptation of the 2003 videogame Running With Scissors, is seen as being strongly opposed to president George Bush, leading hundreds of cinemas across the US to bar its release.
In response, Boll has launched a scathing verbal broadside at his critics, saying they spend far too much time watching "escape movies", while ignoring his own cinematic efforts.
"To all of you writing now about me and the fact that Postal is not getting screens: it's okay; it's fun kicking a guy non-stop who is on the ground," he wrote on the official Postal website.
"You are all not getting it that I'm the guy who made it against the big Hollywood system and you are busy [trying to] destroy me and finish me up."
"Postal makes some very important points, but you don't want to see that Bush used September 11th to start a war against a country that had nothing to do with Bin Laden etc.
"But this doesn't matter because you are all too busy thinking that Indiana Jones or Narnia are important movies, but really they are empty shells from an industry that wants to make money and keep you watching escape movies with nothing in them."
The film version is already out in Germany, Mr Boll's home country, but no UK release date is yet available.
He continued: "In between they put some controversial movies out to show they can do also important movies, but these are not really critical and only support the system and don't show the big picture.
"And Postal shows the big picture; it nails the absurd situation with all the stupid religions, races and nations we live in. Postal is not accepting bulls**t politics."