http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/game-over-uwe-boll-worst-director
It's a pretty lengthy profile so I'm not sure what I could put some coherent quote snippets on here, but this is definitely the most in-depth article I've read about the man so far and worth the read if you really hated his work that much.
Some tidbits from the article:
- To my surprise, he apparently owns a restaurant here in Vancouver that's getting rave reviews. No, seriously -- it's apparently being lauded as Michelin Star-worthy.
- He concedes for the most part that all his video game movies were indeed trash (and hates them too) and just used them to gain more resources for films he actually gave a damn about. He then goes on to criticizes critics for not caring for his original works because he didn't have the right stars or he just had bad luck (e.g. a similar movie comes out at the same time).
- Speaking of critics, I totally forgot he did that one boxing match with some of them years ago, but I did not know it resulted in a teenage participant urinating blood.
- Describes his thoughts or various run-ins with stars before they were famous as well as his, no surprise, bad relationships with people he worked with. He's apparently slept in Jennifer Lawrence's childhood bedroom when it was being rented out and has read her diary.
- Decided to quit directing completely when it seemed clear that people cared more about his shitty game movies than stuff he cared about making (even if those were also critically panned). The writer of the article even notes that it doesn't seem like he's enjoyed filmmaking at all with the way he talks. Boll still plans to take on a producer role, however.
It's a pretty lengthy profile so I'm not sure what I could put some coherent quote snippets on here, but this is definitely the most in-depth article I've read about the man so far and worth the read if you really hated his work that much.
Some tidbits from the article:
- To my surprise, he apparently owns a restaurant here in Vancouver that's getting rave reviews. No, seriously -- it's apparently being lauded as Michelin Star-worthy.
- He concedes for the most part that all his video game movies were indeed trash (and hates them too) and just used them to gain more resources for films he actually gave a damn about. He then goes on to criticizes critics for not caring for his original works because he didn't have the right stars or he just had bad luck (e.g. a similar movie comes out at the same time).
- Speaking of critics, I totally forgot he did that one boxing match with some of them years ago, but I did not know it resulted in a teenage participant urinating blood.
- Describes his thoughts or various run-ins with stars before they were famous as well as his, no surprise, bad relationships with people he worked with. He's apparently slept in Jennifer Lawrence's childhood bedroom when it was being rented out and has read her diary.
- Decided to quit directing completely when it seemed clear that people cared more about his shitty game movies than stuff he cared about making (even if those were also critically panned). The writer of the article even notes that it doesn't seem like he's enjoyed filmmaking at all with the way he talks. Boll still plans to take on a producer role, however.
