Uwe Boll Professions : Film producer Born : June 22, 1965 Browse All Authors Top 50 quotes by Uwe Boll If people hate me they hate me. Uwe Boll hate ifs people Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today. Uwe Boll horror house today I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries. Uwe Boll produce lows country I think the harsh reviews helped, in that I spent way more energy in the preproduction and development. From this point of view, I'm very thankful for the harsh critics. I still think the critics were unnecessarily insulting in a lot of things, but I think it helped. Uwe Boll insulting energy thinking So if you want to have a great video game-based movie you have to keep the mood of the game, use the normal character setup - but you have to flesh out the story and provide more background for the characters. Uwe Boll video games character We thought about it, what we want to tell, and I didn't want to move it directly into the Nazi times. I thought it's much more interesting to see how BloodRayne became BloodRayne. Uwe Boll want interesting moving I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore. Uwe Boll effects used thinking Of course there are a lot of books that are interesting to make movies out of, but on the other hand, I think video games are also kind of like bestselling books for the younger generation, and the younger generation is the one going to the theaters. Uwe Boll book interesting thinking My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect. Uwe Boll favourite games Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the government. Uwe Boll shelter germany government House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights. Uwe Boll rights games house Everybody says video-game adaptations are all the same, but I disagree. Normally, video-game adaptations are like Alone In The Dark, Resident Evil, Alien Vs. Predator - sci-fi creature stuff. But I think I've covered] a wide range of genres and time periods, like Transylvania in 1700 and now a Western with BlodRayne II, or adventure with Dungeon Siege, or comedy and satire with Postal. Uwe Boll dark adventure thinking Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact. Uwe Boll impact heart america So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way. Uwe Boll late actors way Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down. Uwe Boll hollywood actors two I always try to get games of different genres. This is the reason Postal is a comedy, and Far Cry is a real, pure action movie - like Die Hard on an island - and In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale was my opportunity to do my epic, Braveheart, Lord Of The Rings, Gladiator movie. I try not to repeat myself in genres too much. Uwe Boll epic real opportunity In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead. Uwe Boll alive revenge stories Homer is the nice side of Al Bundy with the same intellect. I really like him and Al Bundy. Uwe Boll als nice sides House of the Dead 2 I gave away. Alone in the Dark 2 I will also not do; even if the DVD movie made money. BloodRayne 2 in the Wild West is what I really want to do. Uwe Boll dvds dark house You don't need any courage today in Germany to make a movie about the Nazi time. You get all the subsidies, you get the TV stations, you get the good reviews. But you need courage to kick in the balls all the people that are still hiding under the blanket, and to say, "Oh, Adolf Hitler was maybe not so bad." And with my little Nazi jokes in Postal, I offended the Germans in a harsh time. Uwe Boll hiding today people Similar Authors Bob Weinstein film-producer Bryan Burk film-producer Bruce Cohen film-producer Bridget Johnson film-producer Brad Lewis film-producer Brad Grey film-producer All Authors
