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.

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.

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.

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.

NEW aquisitions!

After about a year of negotiations and misunderstandings and suspense I managed to secure (meaning I already paid for) license for these 3:

ALTIN COCUK (THE GOLDEN BOY)
ALTIN COCUK BEYRUT'TA (THE GOLDEN BOY IN BEYRUT)
CICI CAN

The first one is the Turkish 007 version from 1966.
The second one is its sequel featuring a superhero-looking villain with mask, cape etc.
The third one is a 1963 weird bizarre spooky TWILIGHT ZONE-looking gem.

The prints are in very good condition by the way!

You can check trailers for the first and third on my dvd's and youtube.

The ALTIN COCUK character appeared in 2 more films that I would buy ONLY if the first 2 sold well and fast.

I really believe these 007 ripoffs are something unique and ground-breaking and don't tell me you're used to watching such films.
In fact these are another experiment for me.
I've released Superhero stuff, Vigilante stuff, Horror stuff, Historical stuff, Western stuff.... but NEVER SPY James Bond-ish stuff!

Those 3 have something in common:
The actor and producer Goksel Arsoy.
And of course, I've already ordered a special interview with him due to be given in a few days.

I'd love to hear your opinions...

KADIN DUSMANI reviews

I thought it would be a good idea and it would help undecided buyers to check current reviews for this DVD.

I guess it doesn't help if I just say "Hey! this is a great dvd! Buy it NOW!", right?

So, check these reviews for the moment:

http://worldweirdcinema.blogspot.com/2009/06/dvd-review-kadin-dusmani.html

http://www.synergy-magazine.com/
(Follow the DVD Reviews page...)

http://www.mondo-digital.com/kadin.html

http://10kbullets.com/reviews/k/kadin-dusmani-woman-despiser/

http://delirium-vault.com/kurtodrome/2009/07/03/kadin-dusmani/

http://cinemino.kaywa.com/

http://z9.invisionfree.com/THE_CINEHOUND_FORUM/index.php?showtopic=3064

http://www.sexgoremutants.co.uk/frame1.html

http://www.searchmytrash.com/movies/womandespiser(1967).shtml

http://iyikotufilm.com/kadin-dusmani-1967/

http://blog.darkmaze.com/2009/06/more-turkish-awesomeness-at-onar-films.html

http://sinematik.blogspot.com/2009/06/kadn-dusman-1967.html

http://infini-tropolis.com/reviews/woman_despiser.html

http://teleport-city.com/wordpress/?p=5735

http://movies.full2.us/?s=kadin+dusmani&x=8&y=9

I'll be updating as they come in.

KADIN DUSMANI DVD available as of today

Right, today, May 27, I got it from the factory and I'm waiting for 498 (2 copies were damaged and thrown away) buyers.

I hope I'll live long enough to see this release sold out.