I felt I HAD to clear this in public..
A faithful buyer, Fred Anderson at Av Maniacs who also runs the great blog http://ninjadixon.blogspot.com/ was hurt by my words "UN-CARING AUDIENCE" in my previous post about the hassles of getting some new films.
Ok, DEAR Fred and everyone else hurt by my words...
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT "UN-CARING" STRICTLY REFERS TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT MY DVD's!!!
I'd be nuts if I called my CARING buyers UN-CARING, for God's sake guys!
I was just talking about people who call themselves cult/trash/pulp/b-movie/mondo fans BUT prefer to either download my (or anybody's) releases or just read about them and NEVER EVER buy them.
I'm a PROUD fan because I have spent a fortune and have got not even my cash back, let alone any profit.
I've made sacrifices, I've given blood sweat and tears too for this kind of films and I find it absurd that only a few dozens of people THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PLANET buy my dvd's.
I mean, I could just release 500 copies of PAINT GOING DRY or GRASS GROWING and I BET there would 500 wackos who would buy those 500 copies.
And there are NOT 500 curious "fans" to check those turkish films?
I mean, I can see 100's, 1000's of blogs, sites, magz, whatever, with millions of people participating and obviously eager to experience this kind of films, ok?
BUT WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY WHEN A DVD COMES OUT?
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
NEW ACQUISITIONS ADVENTURE INFO.
In a previous post I was talking about a mad greedy collector in Ankara who owns 100's of 16mm films, most of them obscure titles that were considered to be LOST.
Some of them are the superhero films RUZGAR HAFIYE, BOMBALA OSKI BOMBALA, KAMCILI KADIN (KINOVA 3) or Cuneyt Arkin's LOST 60's actioner CEHENEMME BIR YOLCU.
Too bad the costs were so gigantic that I decided to buy ONLY the aforementioned 2 titles, RINGO GESTAPO'YA KARSI & that secret LOST KILINK film.
That guy demanded a fortune just to RENT his films.
Then, another fortune was needed for the cleaning of the films and the Telecine Transfer.
And of course, the relevant License money.
Oh, and another huge amount for my DEAREST Kunt Tulgar who travelled 3 times to Ankara, and then to Greece, for me!
First he went there to check on the films
Second, he went there again to get the films
Third and last, he went there to return the films.
BUT, that greedy collector had him sign an astronomical check (10 times higher than the rent fees!!!) so that in case he lost or damaged the films he would HAVE to sell his house to pay the madman!
And Tulgar gave the films to my EXCELLENT brother Ali Murat Guven who would take care of them and give them for the transfer to a good studio he knew.
Now, the days during the cleaning + telecine work were big hell for everyone involved!!
1- For Tulgar because Ali Murat was delaying and he was anxious to get the films back to Ankara as the mad guy was pressing him.
2- For Ali Murat because he had to deal with some problematic films and Tulgar was pushing him too.
3- For me because I heard all of them were acting like crazy over the films and because I HAD ALREADY SENT THEM THE MONEY and I had no idea what the result would look like.
Finally, I will just let you see some extracts from Ali Murat's emails that describe his adventure with those damn films:
{He bringed both films WITHOUT ANY REELS. Both films are naked, noo reel, millions of splices, and most important, both films are covered with an oily material. When you touch them, you feel a dirty thing on your hands.
I said to him first: "Your flims general condition are tragic. Specially, Ringo is terrible... Firstly before telecine, I will make a big re-animation operation on these films."
"He always says, I am in a hurry I must give the reels to the owner in Ankara within 2-3 days. Don't spend time with them. Make an express telecine and let's send them to Vassilis immediately."
I SAID MANY TIMES, "NO, I CAN'T. Because Vassilis is my friend and his money is my money. I can't send him a rubbish."
He never understands my feelings and fastitious appoach to you.
Despite his millions of calls and bla bla bla's,
1) I bought 3 pieces of quality 16 mm American reels and rolled the naked films on them.
2) I spliced both films' broken parts and repaired spockets at least 3-4 days again. I made at least 250 new splices.
3) I cleaned both films at least 3 times. Because the were covered with full vaseline (an oily thing. Some people shoe shines with it!)
4) Finally, I made the best telecine of Turkey for them. It is my best, because, both films, specially Ringo is a real rubbish.
I GIVE KILINK'S GENERAL CONDITION 7/10
This film starts with titles, all the titles are okey, generally good splices, you may understand the story, brillant black-white, a few vertical lines, and it finishes with the "end"...
It is acceptable condition. And I MADE IT BETTER after my surgery operation. The telecine service also tried to his best. Now, you may make an acceptable DVD with it. I am almsot happy for this title. There is only a sound problem (too much noisy recording) in the part 1, it takes nearly 10 minutes and turns to normal again.
BUT, I GIVE TO "RINGO" 4/10 TO RİNGO. BECAUSE IT WAS A REAL ZOMBI WHEN IT ARRIVED TO MY HANDS.
I cleaned it 3 times, I spliced its all broken parts. I also made my best in the teleciune service. The technician rolled it on the machine 5 times again a and again. But, that's all. It's general condition is like your first film "Kiling İstanbul'da.".
To make you happier, I resarched and bought 15 frames of lobby cards of this film from Turkish eBay.This collection can make the DVD richer as a "photo gallery".
In this peiod, THIS GUY ATE MY BRAIN, REALLY AET BY BRAIN.
I need time for repairing, cleaning, telecine, controls...
BUT HE CALLS ME EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR, EVERY HALF AN HOUR.
Today was our randesvous day.
Yesterday I said him "Leave me alone, I will call you when everything completed succesfully. I can't send a bad thing to Vassilis. I must be my best. And this effort needs more time."
Now, the final meeting...
Tonight, at 19.00 pm, we met each other in the high way at the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
I gave him:
1) His original 16 mm films. This time, CLEAN, ON THE QUALITY REELS WITH HEAD STRIPES and TOTALLY REPAIRED! THEIR EVERY FRAME!
2) YOUR 2 BROADCAST MASTER BETACAM SP TELECINE CASSETTES. One of them is KILINK. The other is Ringo.
3) Your 15 frames of Ringo loby cards. Also + 2 copeas of CD's (they includes the high quality scans of the photos)
After this delivery, I said him "NEVER MR. TULGAR, NEVER AGAIN... Let's be cinematic friends forever. But, not trade partners..."
So, I kept my promises one more time.
I SPENT 10 DAYS, minimum 500 USD (tarnsportation, in every step, I rented a car and a driver, 100 USD per visit to the town) FOR TYOUR EFFORTS.
I also bought for these poor films 3 reels, it was 150 USD total.
HE ASKED ME THAT "what do you want for your co-operation buddy?"
I said him "Nothing Mr. Tulgar, because Vassilis is my friend and I am a Turkish cinema lover. Sometimes, we help each other with him. This is not a trade for me."
The last warning about Betacam SP masters...
KILINK is quite good as I said before. It starts at 02'00 and runs approx 65 minutes without any problem. In 3 point, it shakes for a moment, but not important. These parts are broken sprockets's areas.
BUT RINGO... The technician was becoming crazy when transferring it. He stopped three times Betacam SP, because the film was going like water on the screen. No sprockets, no normal periodic rythm... 3 times, there are problem points on the betacam. We stopped on these points. We repaired the film. We revinded the dreel 1-2 minutes. And we recorded again.
You must edit these 3 points on your editing suit. There is no loose of footage, only a replay part. Cut the further parts and add the correct pictures on the editing suit. This is not a big problem for you.
Normally, if you stop the Betacam cassette, you must start from the first frame again. The technician was loosing his mind, I said him "never mind brother, let's repeat only last 30 seconds part on recording." And he did the same thing.
Because, TULGAR WAS CALLING in every 5 minutes in this period.
That's why, you CAN NOT SEND to DVD mastering process directly RINGO...
You must upload to editing suit's memory it first in highest quality (In fact, I don't know what is highest quality on a film like this!) and an asssistant must cut its 3 parts and add. Then you may process the result for DVD.
WE HAD NO OTHER WAY ON THE FIRM. Because, it is impossible to run this reel in one time.
Well, I am so tired ... }
Well, I think you got a picture of what kind of shit me and lots of nice folks went through to revive those films and present them to an UN-CARING audience.
I feel like a total idiot now and then..
FINALLY, YESTERDAY I TOOK THE 2 BETAS WITH KILINK AND RINGO TO MY STUDIO HERE AND I'M EXPECTING COPIES SO THAT I PERSONALLY CHECK THE RESULT.
WHATEVER IT IS, I WILL DEFINITELY APPLY A STRONG REMASTERING HERE SO THAT I GET THE BEST POSSIBLE RESULT.
MORE NEWS ABOUT THEM ANY DAY NOW...
Some of them are the superhero films RUZGAR HAFIYE, BOMBALA OSKI BOMBALA, KAMCILI KADIN (KINOVA 3) or Cuneyt Arkin's LOST 60's actioner CEHENEMME BIR YOLCU.
Too bad the costs were so gigantic that I decided to buy ONLY the aforementioned 2 titles, RINGO GESTAPO'YA KARSI & that secret LOST KILINK film.
That guy demanded a fortune just to RENT his films.
Then, another fortune was needed for the cleaning of the films and the Telecine Transfer.
And of course, the relevant License money.
Oh, and another huge amount for my DEAREST Kunt Tulgar who travelled 3 times to Ankara, and then to Greece, for me!
First he went there to check on the films
Second, he went there again to get the films
Third and last, he went there to return the films.
BUT, that greedy collector had him sign an astronomical check (10 times higher than the rent fees!!!) so that in case he lost or damaged the films he would HAVE to sell his house to pay the madman!
And Tulgar gave the films to my EXCELLENT brother Ali Murat Guven who would take care of them and give them for the transfer to a good studio he knew.
Now, the days during the cleaning + telecine work were big hell for everyone involved!!
1- For Tulgar because Ali Murat was delaying and he was anxious to get the films back to Ankara as the mad guy was pressing him.
2- For Ali Murat because he had to deal with some problematic films and Tulgar was pushing him too.
3- For me because I heard all of them were acting like crazy over the films and because I HAD ALREADY SENT THEM THE MONEY and I had no idea what the result would look like.
Finally, I will just let you see some extracts from Ali Murat's emails that describe his adventure with those damn films:
{He bringed both films WITHOUT ANY REELS. Both films are naked, noo reel, millions of splices, and most important, both films are covered with an oily material. When you touch them, you feel a dirty thing on your hands.
I said to him first: "Your flims general condition are tragic. Specially, Ringo is terrible... Firstly before telecine, I will make a big re-animation operation on these films."
"He always says, I am in a hurry I must give the reels to the owner in Ankara within 2-3 days. Don't spend time with them. Make an express telecine and let's send them to Vassilis immediately."
I SAID MANY TIMES, "NO, I CAN'T. Because Vassilis is my friend and his money is my money. I can't send him a rubbish."
He never understands my feelings and fastitious appoach to you.
Despite his millions of calls and bla bla bla's,
1) I bought 3 pieces of quality 16 mm American reels and rolled the naked films on them.
2) I spliced both films' broken parts and repaired spockets at least 3-4 days again. I made at least 250 new splices.
3) I cleaned both films at least 3 times. Because the were covered with full vaseline (an oily thing. Some people shoe shines with it!)
4) Finally, I made the best telecine of Turkey for them. It is my best, because, both films, specially Ringo is a real rubbish.
I GIVE KILINK'S GENERAL CONDITION 7/10
This film starts with titles, all the titles are okey, generally good splices, you may understand the story, brillant black-white, a few vertical lines, and it finishes with the "end"...
It is acceptable condition. And I MADE IT BETTER after my surgery operation. The telecine service also tried to his best. Now, you may make an acceptable DVD with it. I am almsot happy for this title. There is only a sound problem (too much noisy recording) in the part 1, it takes nearly 10 minutes and turns to normal again.
BUT, I GIVE TO "RINGO" 4/10 TO RİNGO. BECAUSE IT WAS A REAL ZOMBI WHEN IT ARRIVED TO MY HANDS.
I cleaned it 3 times, I spliced its all broken parts. I also made my best in the teleciune service. The technician rolled it on the machine 5 times again a and again. But, that's all. It's general condition is like your first film "Kiling İstanbul'da.".
To make you happier, I resarched and bought 15 frames of lobby cards of this film from Turkish eBay.This collection can make the DVD richer as a "photo gallery".
In this peiod, THIS GUY ATE MY BRAIN, REALLY AET BY BRAIN.
I need time for repairing, cleaning, telecine, controls...
BUT HE CALLS ME EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR, EVERY HALF AN HOUR.
Today was our randesvous day.
Yesterday I said him "Leave me alone, I will call you when everything completed succesfully. I can't send a bad thing to Vassilis. I must be my best. And this effort needs more time."
Now, the final meeting...
Tonight, at 19.00 pm, we met each other in the high way at the Anatolian side of Istanbul.
I gave him:
1) His original 16 mm films. This time, CLEAN, ON THE QUALITY REELS WITH HEAD STRIPES and TOTALLY REPAIRED! THEIR EVERY FRAME!
2) YOUR 2 BROADCAST MASTER BETACAM SP TELECINE CASSETTES. One of them is KILINK. The other is Ringo.
3) Your 15 frames of Ringo loby cards. Also + 2 copeas of CD's (they includes the high quality scans of the photos)
After this delivery, I said him "NEVER MR. TULGAR, NEVER AGAIN... Let's be cinematic friends forever. But, not trade partners..."
So, I kept my promises one more time.
I SPENT 10 DAYS, minimum 500 USD (tarnsportation, in every step, I rented a car and a driver, 100 USD per visit to the town) FOR TYOUR EFFORTS.
I also bought for these poor films 3 reels, it was 150 USD total.
HE ASKED ME THAT "what do you want for your co-operation buddy?"
I said him "Nothing Mr. Tulgar, because Vassilis is my friend and I am a Turkish cinema lover. Sometimes, we help each other with him. This is not a trade for me."
The last warning about Betacam SP masters...
KILINK is quite good as I said before. It starts at 02'00 and runs approx 65 minutes without any problem. In 3 point, it shakes for a moment, but not important. These parts are broken sprockets's areas.
BUT RINGO... The technician was becoming crazy when transferring it. He stopped three times Betacam SP, because the film was going like water on the screen. No sprockets, no normal periodic rythm... 3 times, there are problem points on the betacam. We stopped on these points. We repaired the film. We revinded the dreel 1-2 minutes. And we recorded again.
You must edit these 3 points on your editing suit. There is no loose of footage, only a replay part. Cut the further parts and add the correct pictures on the editing suit. This is not a big problem for you.
Normally, if you stop the Betacam cassette, you must start from the first frame again. The technician was loosing his mind, I said him "never mind brother, let's repeat only last 30 seconds part on recording." And he did the same thing.
Because, TULGAR WAS CALLING in every 5 minutes in this period.
That's why, you CAN NOT SEND to DVD mastering process directly RINGO...
You must upload to editing suit's memory it first in highest quality (In fact, I don't know what is highest quality on a film like this!) and an asssistant must cut its 3 parts and add. Then you may process the result for DVD.
WE HAD NO OTHER WAY ON THE FIRM. Because, it is impossible to run this reel in one time.
Well, I am so tired ... }
Well, I think you got a picture of what kind of shit me and lots of nice folks went through to revive those films and present them to an UN-CARING audience.
I feel like a total idiot now and then..
FINALLY, YESTERDAY I TOOK THE 2 BETAS WITH KILINK AND RINGO TO MY STUDIO HERE AND I'M EXPECTING COPIES SO THAT I PERSONALLY CHECK THE RESULT.
WHATEVER IT IS, I WILL DEFINITELY APPLY A STRONG REMASTERING HERE SO THAT I GET THE BEST POSSIBLE RESULT.
MORE NEWS ABOUT THEM ANY DAY NOW...
Monday, November 9, 2009
ALTIN COCUK DVD COVER & DETAILS AVAILABLE
At last, if you check my site www.onarfilms.com you will be able to see what the cover of this DVD looks like plus the Extras.
My pride is the NEW trailers of my NEW acquistions!
BUT, you must buy the dvd IF you're curious.
However, don't expect to find out the title of my new KILINK find!
You'll see just a short trailer, without title.
I will announce title just a couple of months before I release it.
2 days ago I met with Kunt tulgar here and he brought me the betas of those 2 new acquisitions.
It was a hellish adventure to get this done as the only source was some buried 16mm prints in Ankara that had to be brought to Istanbul to undergo a major cleaning and then a telecine transfer to beta.
More about this adventure a bit later on...
Oh, I forgot!
Among the extras is an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW from the most cult bald villain ever!
ALTAN GUNBAY!
I ALWAYS wanted to get an exclusive one from him but he is one of the most evasive persons in Turkey!
But finally, thanks to Kunt Tulgar, I got it nicely done!!
In case you don't know him here's a link to help: http://www.sinematurk.com/kisi/1056/Altan-G%FCnbay
My pride is the NEW trailers of my NEW acquistions!
BUT, you must buy the dvd IF you're curious.
However, don't expect to find out the title of my new KILINK find!
You'll see just a short trailer, without title.
I will announce title just a couple of months before I release it.
2 days ago I met with Kunt tulgar here and he brought me the betas of those 2 new acquisitions.
It was a hellish adventure to get this done as the only source was some buried 16mm prints in Ankara that had to be brought to Istanbul to undergo a major cleaning and then a telecine transfer to beta.
More about this adventure a bit later on...
Oh, I forgot!
Among the extras is an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW from the most cult bald villain ever!
ALTAN GUNBAY!
I ALWAYS wanted to get an exclusive one from him but he is one of the most evasive persons in Turkey!
But finally, thanks to Kunt Tulgar, I got it nicely done!!
In case you don't know him here's a link to help: http://www.sinematurk.com/kisi/1056/Altan-G%FCnbay
Monday, October 19, 2009
ONAR FUTURE
First of all, thank you for your moral support and compassion and condolences!
Let me comment on some of your ideas before I move on with my plans.
1- I would never release anything without having bought copyrights license. Perhaps I could get away with it but apart from it being too immoral/unethical for me it would not save me too much.
I mean, ok, I would save about 2,500$ which means I'd save 5$ per dvd copy, ok? And instead of 27-28$ I could therefore sell at 22-23$.
Well, I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING AT ALL!
I recently cut all my retail prices down to 30-50% as you know.
Result? SALES GOT WORSE.
So, it's not really a matter of cheaper prices.
Maybe I should just keep that 2,500$ and not lower prices at all?
Yes, but that's still unethical and I just can't sleep peacefully knowing I'm illegal and next morning I could find myself in deep shit.
2- I could team up with some other label perhaps, ok?
And share costs and expenses. But still, what makes you believe there would be profits?
I want to share profits, not costs.
Destribution sucks not only for me but for all labels, right?
I don't know of any label flourishing and having profits.
Besides, I'm not so bad a person to want to drag people to MY hell.
3- Release other stuff, other countries?
Naaah! Italian films suck sales-wise.
Only porn and Holywood do well, but then I would never try these genres, would I?
FINALLY...
I got quite a few films lined up for future release.
Films I've already bought:
TARZAN KORKUSUZ ADAM
MASKELI UCLER
CASUS KIRAN 7 CANLI ADAM
ALTIN COCUK
ALTIN COCUK BEYRUT'TA
CICI CAN
RINGO GESTAPOYA KARSI
KILINK...??????
This means I'll be around for at least a couple of more years or more till I gradually and slowly release everything and sell everything.
Let me comment on some of your ideas before I move on with my plans.
1- I would never release anything without having bought copyrights license. Perhaps I could get away with it but apart from it being too immoral/unethical for me it would not save me too much.
I mean, ok, I would save about 2,500$ which means I'd save 5$ per dvd copy, ok? And instead of 27-28$ I could therefore sell at 22-23$.
Well, I DON'T THINK THIS WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING AT ALL!
I recently cut all my retail prices down to 30-50% as you know.
Result? SALES GOT WORSE.
So, it's not really a matter of cheaper prices.
Maybe I should just keep that 2,500$ and not lower prices at all?
Yes, but that's still unethical and I just can't sleep peacefully knowing I'm illegal and next morning I could find myself in deep shit.
2- I could team up with some other label perhaps, ok?
And share costs and expenses. But still, what makes you believe there would be profits?
I want to share profits, not costs.
Destribution sucks not only for me but for all labels, right?
I don't know of any label flourishing and having profits.
Besides, I'm not so bad a person to want to drag people to MY hell.
3- Release other stuff, other countries?
Naaah! Italian films suck sales-wise.
Only porn and Holywood do well, but then I would never try these genres, would I?
FINALLY...
I got quite a few films lined up for future release.
Films I've already bought:
TARZAN KORKUSUZ ADAM
MASKELI UCLER
CASUS KIRAN 7 CANLI ADAM
ALTIN COCUK
ALTIN COCUK BEYRUT'TA
CICI CAN
RINGO GESTAPOYA KARSI
KILINK...??????
This means I'll be around for at least a couple of more years or more till I gradually and slowly release everything and sell everything.
Friday, October 16, 2009
TO BE OR NOT TO BE???????
As you see it's October already and I don't even have a cover for the ALTIN COCUK DVD.
There are bad reasons and good reasons for this delay.
Bad ones first:
I'M BROKE.
Why?
1- Lots of personal and family fuckups and unexpected expenses etc.
2- A certain Turkish producer wants more money from me because our contracts have expired.
I was fool enough to NOT mention this case in the contract and specify some amount for extension fees.
Now, that greedy and cunning guy is asking MORE cash than the initial costs of the films!
ALL other producers don't ask for extension fees but this one does.
He is right and I MUST give him some money but he determines the amount according to how much he needs not according to any law or contract etc.
I hate courts etc so I must bend down and prepare my ass for a deep Ottoman fuck!
Even if I knew he couldn't hurt me legally he WILL hurt me in many other ways, like slandering my name, closing all doors for business in Turkey etc.
Either way, heads or tails, I LOSE.
In both cases this is the end of ONAR.
I can't go on doing business like this, having no profit at all and giving a hell of cash to some producer. I got some pride too.
But even if I swallow it, and want to continue like a damn fool, that guy will SURE ruin all future business so... NO MORE TURKISH FILMS FOR ME.
GOOD NEWS NOW:
I'm broke and will be broker since I managed to unearth some totally lost films!
It's a long story but here's the juice of it:
-I discovered a collector of 16mm films.
-Most of them were considered lost.
-He is a superduper GREEDY guy though.
-He demands a FORTUNE just to rent his prints for a few days.
- Another fortune must be spent on the film cleaning and telecine transfer to beta.
- Plus, copyright fees of course.
Too bad I'm broke and couldn't get more than 2 films now.
Too bad these 2 will most probably be the last films I buy from Turkey.
Too bad I had to leave back LOST superhero stuff like RUZGAR HAFIYE, BOMBALA OSKI BOMBALA, KINNOVA 3 KAMCILI KADIN etc etc!!
So, what did I get?
1- RINGO GESTAPOYA KARSI
2- KILINK....???? Surprise surprise!!!
I prefer to keep some mystery here.
As soon as I get the films transfered and paid for I'll make a teaser of them.
As for that KILINK film, you'll see a teaser but NOT the title!
Title will be announced ONLY when the release is scheduled.
Which means when?
...which means when I release some OTHER stuff first and get some money.
So, the worst senario here is that I release whatever films I have already bought and then...bye bye Turkey!
Oh, as for ALTIN COCUK dvd, I'll try to put it out just around Christmas.
There are bad reasons and good reasons for this delay.
Bad ones first:
I'M BROKE.
Why?
1- Lots of personal and family fuckups and unexpected expenses etc.
2- A certain Turkish producer wants more money from me because our contracts have expired.
I was fool enough to NOT mention this case in the contract and specify some amount for extension fees.
Now, that greedy and cunning guy is asking MORE cash than the initial costs of the films!
ALL other producers don't ask for extension fees but this one does.
He is right and I MUST give him some money but he determines the amount according to how much he needs not according to any law or contract etc.
I hate courts etc so I must bend down and prepare my ass for a deep Ottoman fuck!
Even if I knew he couldn't hurt me legally he WILL hurt me in many other ways, like slandering my name, closing all doors for business in Turkey etc.
Either way, heads or tails, I LOSE.
In both cases this is the end of ONAR.
I can't go on doing business like this, having no profit at all and giving a hell of cash to some producer. I got some pride too.
But even if I swallow it, and want to continue like a damn fool, that guy will SURE ruin all future business so... NO MORE TURKISH FILMS FOR ME.
GOOD NEWS NOW:
I'm broke and will be broker since I managed to unearth some totally lost films!
It's a long story but here's the juice of it:
-I discovered a collector of 16mm films.
-Most of them were considered lost.
-He is a superduper GREEDY guy though.
-He demands a FORTUNE just to rent his prints for a few days.
- Another fortune must be spent on the film cleaning and telecine transfer to beta.
- Plus, copyright fees of course.
Too bad I'm broke and couldn't get more than 2 films now.
Too bad these 2 will most probably be the last films I buy from Turkey.
Too bad I had to leave back LOST superhero stuff like RUZGAR HAFIYE, BOMBALA OSKI BOMBALA, KINNOVA 3 KAMCILI KADIN etc etc!!
So, what did I get?
1- RINGO GESTAPOYA KARSI
2- KILINK....???? Surprise surprise!!!
I prefer to keep some mystery here.
As soon as I get the films transfered and paid for I'll make a teaser of them.
As for that KILINK film, you'll see a teaser but NOT the title!
Title will be announced ONLY when the release is scheduled.
Which means when?
...which means when I release some OTHER stuff first and get some money.
So, the worst senario here is that I release whatever films I have already bought and then...bye bye Turkey!
Oh, as for ALTIN COCUK dvd, I'll try to put it out just around Christmas.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
BACK FROM SUMMER HOLIDAYS...SIGH!!
Hi to all!
I hope you had a great summer break.
Mine was almost perfect I can say.
All the sadder I feel now that I'm back.
Back to regular job... which sucks, and back to regular dvd-vhs business which seems to go from worst to ultra-duper-worst!
Einstein had said: TWO THINGS ARE INFINITE, THE UNIVERSE AND HUMAN STUPIDITY AND I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN ABOUT THE FORMER.
Bill says:
THREE THINGS ARE INFINITE, THE UNIVERSE, HUMAN STUPIDITY AND ONAR'S DOWNFALL, AND I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE FIRST TWO.
As for ALTIN COCUK dvd release, I'll do my best to get it out late October, fingers crossed.
I hope you had a great summer break.
Mine was almost perfect I can say.
All the sadder I feel now that I'm back.
Back to regular job... which sucks, and back to regular dvd-vhs business which seems to go from worst to ultra-duper-worst!
Einstein had said: TWO THINGS ARE INFINITE, THE UNIVERSE AND HUMAN STUPIDITY AND I'M NOT REALLY CERTAIN ABOUT THE FORMER.
Bill says:
THREE THINGS ARE INFINITE, THE UNIVERSE, HUMAN STUPIDITY AND ONAR'S DOWNFALL, AND I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE FIRST TWO.
As for ALTIN COCUK dvd release, I'll do my best to get it out late October, fingers crossed.
Friday, July 10, 2009
When will ALTIN COCUK dvd be out?
Some gentlemen are wondering when this one will be released.
Well... so am I.
I earlier said that as soon as I raise enough money.
But if I wait till I get just my COSTS back from the latest dvd it's gonna be a looooong wait.
Speaking in numbers, I must sell about 350 copies of the last dvd just to get my costs back.
After that I'll be having a profit too.
But at THIS rate it would take me about 12 months.
Now, given that this rate won't be steady all the time and week after week sales will be dropping, I must make it about 3 years.
Thank God I'm also selling a few copies of my older releases in the meantime, plus those blessed old videos on ebay!
Therefore, my current plan is to get it released in October.
Well... so am I.
I earlier said that as soon as I raise enough money.
But if I wait till I get just my COSTS back from the latest dvd it's gonna be a looooong wait.
Speaking in numbers, I must sell about 350 copies of the last dvd just to get my costs back.
After that I'll be having a profit too.
But at THIS rate it would take me about 12 months.
Now, given that this rate won't be steady all the time and week after week sales will be dropping, I must make it about 3 years.
Thank God I'm also selling a few copies of my older releases in the meantime, plus those blessed old videos on ebay!
Therefore, my current plan is to get it released in October.
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