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[inm8num2]

http://www.avclub.com/article/uwe-boll-announces-his-retirement-filmmaking-244856

In a new interview with Toronto Metro, Uwe Boll announces he’s officially done making movies, thanks to a completely unfair state of affairs in which the international market has tanked, combined with his general inability to make anything someone wants to put in front of their eyes.

“The market is dead,” says the man whose contributions to 99-cent bargain bins probably accounts for at least 20 percent of that death. “You don’t make any money anymore on movies because the DVD and Blu-ray market worldwide has dropped 80 per cent in the last three years. That is the real reason; I just cannot afford to make movies.”

From the linked interview:

“I can’t go back to student filmmaking because I have made so many movies in my life, and I can’t make cheaper and cheaper movies at my age. It’s a shame. I would be happy to make movies but it is just not financially profitable.”

Boll says he’s been self-financing his films for over a decade.

“I never had people giving me money,” he says.

“I’ve been using my money since 2005 and if I hadn’t made the stupid video game based movies I would never have amalgamated the capital so I could say, ‘Let’s make the Darfur movie.’ I don’t need a Ferrari, I don’t need a yacht. I invested in my own movies and I lost money.”

 

[whytemyke]

No... Stop... Don't go...

 

[NealMcCauley]

So Germany closed that tax loophole?

 

[A-V-B]

No... Stop... Don't go...

I believe this is the droid you're looking for.

 

[Netherscourge]

No... Stop... Don't go...

EDIT: HA HA HA

 

[Shanlei91]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWRaAF6_WY

 

[Pai Pai Master]

"the market is dead" lol

 

[HStallion]

And nothing of value was lost. He should think of taking up directing porn.

 

[BiggNife]

So Germany closed that tax loophole?

I think I heard they closed it years ago but don't quote me on that

 

[Ray Down]

So Germany closed that tax loophole?

probably.

 

[nicanica]

I can say that I've watched the House of the Dead movie 3 times, but cannot say I've seen Crystal skull beyond opening night.

So there's that.

 

[valkillmore]

Implies he's make a 'film'

 

[SocksAndShoes]

“The market is dead,” says the man whose contributions to 99-cent bargain bins probably accounts for at least 20 percent of that death.

Ethered.

 

[Onemic]

Boll is one of the GOAT filmmakers tbh.

 

[Sloane]

Isn't that like the fifth time or something?

 

[Goro Majima]

Checked to see if www.uweboll.com was still up...doesn't appear to be

I think it used to just say "please stop making movies"

It could be updated to a simple "thank you"

 

[BoosterDuck]

He was a filmmaker?

 

[Wilsongt]

 

[DiipuSurotu]

"Yeah, that's totally why I don't have a successful career."

 

[segasonic]

So Germany closed that tax loophole?

Yep

 

[SliceSabre]

I'll miss his classics like....House of the Dead and....BloodRayne: The Third Reich...


Yea...

 

[Insolitus]

And not a single fuck was given that day.

 

[Jarrod38]

Tunnel Rats and Rampage were his only good films.

 

[Fudgepuppy]

"Filmmaking".

 

[John Kowalski]

hope yet remains for humans

 

[Wiseblade]

Boll is one of the GOAT filmmakers tbh.

Grossest of all time?

 

[Lumination]

“I’ve been using my money since 2005 and if I hadn’t made the stupid video game based movies I would never have amalgamated the capital so I could say, ‘Let’s make the Darfur movie.’ I don’t need a Ferrari, I don’t need a yacht. I invested in my own movies and I lost money.”

So we don't have Uwe Boll to blame for the Bloodrayne movies, we have the Bloodrayne movies to blame for Uwe Boll.

edit: wrong shitty guy

 

[Spiritwalker]

What a shame..

 

[Ahasverus]

Boll is one of the GOAT filmmakers tbh.

He directs like a goat, I agree.

 

[Dalek]

 

[ghostjoke]

Talk about salting the earth.

 

[QuantumBro]

I'll miss him, his films were always entertaining and he was pretty crazy with his public life. Plus how can I hate the man who helped spawn this gif?

 

[TemplaerDude]

He's actually opened up a restaurant in Vancouver that has been getting decent reviews. I've been meaning to check out. Maybe I'll say "Hi".

 

[spookyfish]

Intimating that he ever WAS in film-making ...

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

We lost a legend today

 

[Count Dookkake]

He made some stinkers, but Rampage was pretty great.

 

[HStallion]

Remember when he challenged a bunch of movie journalist to a boxing match and several singed up not realizing he used to be a decent amateur boxer? Yeah goods times!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swg4SshYx2E

 

[daviyoung]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqWRaAF6_WY

these responses are killing me

 

[moltonasty]

“I’ve been using my money since 2005 and if I hadn’t made the stupid video game based movies I would never have amalgamated the capital so I could say, ‘Let’s make the Darfur movie.’ I don’t need a Ferrari, I don’t need a yacht. I invested in my own movies and I lost money.”

Lol I guess this explains why his game movies were so terrible, he doesn't even hide the fact that they were literal cash grabs

 

[kmax]

Spoiler

bye

 

[Ross61]

The day the earth stood still.

 

[AntChum]

Didn't he challenge someone who said bad (truthful) things about his movies to a boxing match one time?

Remember when he challenged a bunch of movie journalist to a boxing match and several singed up not realizing he used to be a decent amateur boxer? Yeah goods times!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swg4SshYx2E

Oh wow!

 

[paperboywriter]

I'm actually interested if his point about the dvd-market has any truth to it. would be sad if indies had to give up because that was a big part of their income. Actually curious.
Could be bullshit of course coming from boll.

 

[Devil's advocate]

So Germany closed that tax loophole?

Not only did we close the film fond loophole, the guys who used it now have to pay back so much that it wasn't worth using it in the first place.

 

[AlexBasch]

I'll miss him, his films were always entertaining and he was pretty crazy with his public life. Plus how can I hate the man who helped spawn this gif?

I swear I feel like the girl when I get killed right after spawning in a online mode.

Like "Fucking really? Oh well then, change the loadout it is".

 

[Ban Puncher]

Dude is in training for Boll v. Lowtax 2 - The Loon and The Goon.

 

[DedValve]

I swear I feel like the girl when I get killed right after spawning in a online mode.

Like "Fucking really? Oh well then, change the loadout it is".

You just turned something stupid for the shock value into something genuinely funny.

You should be a film maker. I hear theres an opening.

 

[Linkark07]

He should have continued. Who know, he could have made a The Last of Us film.

 

[-MD-]

I remember slipping a ticket guy $10 to let us into House of the Dead.

 

[Nafai1123]

Good riddance.