Posted by Still No Signed Poster at 12-221-227-126.client.insightbb.com on January 28, 2003 at 17:44:03:
In Reply to: Re: Now I've Heard It ALL! posted by chris@ukaskew on January 28, 2003 at 16:52:03:
: : : Couldn't agree more. He makes a film pretty much just for us
: : Yeah, Rumor is he always donates all his profits to charities. He doesn't really do this for a living, ya know, to make cash?
: I couldn't name one decent director who is just in it for the money, I'm sure its nice to earn a shit load for doing something that you love doing, but I think the key phrase there is "doing something that you love doing", any director just directing to earn money is gonna be pulled apart pretty quickly. If Kevin wanted to just make money he could just run off and make 2 or 3 generic teen comedys, seen it all before horror movies and shoddy action flicks a year. And as for J&SBSB, that was the fans, certainly more than nearly any other director in history has done for his or her fans anyway.
: Chris.
Yeah, Kev's all heart. That's why he keeps asking people to buy stuff at the stash "to send Harley to college". He is all about the moolah.
If he did it for the fans, or if he did it for the art, why the fuck would he care if it made $30 million its first weekend? Answer: because of his own fucking royalties.