Uwe Boll - AUSCHWITZ

[Adrock]

Originally Posted by PrivatePixel

I'm not defending the trailer for Auschwitz (to say that my senses were offended would be a gross understatement), and it's unlikely that this film (assuming it's real) would ever be mentioned in the same breath as Schindler's List, but I believe that each film should be evaluated on its own merit (or demerit). Their past endeavours shouldn't be factored into any review, even if their track record has always been rather unsatisfactory. Maybe he went for pure shock value in the teaser to generate word-of-mouth (gauging the responses in this thread, it appears to be working), but what if the final product was actually semi-respectable?

Well said. I was certainly a bit taken back by the trailer. I am guessing you are very much correct in the 'shock value' aspect of the teaser, and his intention. If the final product was semi-respectable, good for him I guess? I am not sure I would really ever want to sit through any other Boll film at this point, especially one like this teaser depicts.

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by 1blufan

Uwe =

Couldn't agree more. The more he makes shitty films, the more he wants to make them more "interesting" and "better". This guy wont stop until he finally makes a "good" movie, which I doubt that'll happen.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by kotsedriver

Couldn't agree more. The more he makes shitty films, the more he wants to make them more "interesting" and "better". This guy wont stop until he finally makes a "good" movie, which I doubt that'll happen.

I think Far Cry is as close as he can get. I streamed it on Netflix late one night and it was... tolerable.

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by Rob71

I think Far Cry is as close as he can get. I streamed it on Netflix late one night and it was... tolerable.

Tell me you're not lying.

[twisterbr]

Originally Posted by kotsedriver

Tell me you're not lying.

he's not... i mean, in my opinion far cry is actually the least worse of all boll's movies..

[Blu-ray Fanatic]

Curse all of you! He doesn't get the credit he deserves. He's the most underrated director who's ever lived on the face of this planet. His next movie is a day 1 buy for me

[jhiggy23]

Originally Posted by Blu-ray Fanatic

Curse all of you! He doesn't get the credit he deserves. He's the most underrated director who's ever lived on the face of this planet. His next movie is a day 1 buy for me

haha i'm gonna take this as a joke. if it's not, God have mercy on your soul.

[Al_The_Strange]

Alright, so after all this time, I finally got around to renting this on DVD.

I gotta say, this film is nowhere near as graphic or shocking as I expected. It's definitely grim, but coming from Uwe Boll, I expected something way worse. As far as I can tell, this is actually pretty earnest and tasteful.

The film is pretty cheap, has a very limited cast and a small-scale production, so I'm sure people will harp on that. I couldn't tell you how historically accurate any of this is. But the film is pretty short, and book-ended with all kinds of interview footage, so it's less of a film and more of a video essay intended to shake the viewer from apathy. Frankly, I think the film gets the job done. If I give this a rating, it would be a 3/5.

I'm sure nobody will give this film the time of day, since it's so freaking cool to hate on Uwe Boll. But between this and Rampage (and I hear good things about Darfur), I'm convinced that the man only sucks around video game films.

That's all I gotta say about that.

[Riddler The Slag]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

Alright, so after all this time, I finally got around to renting this on DVD.

I'm still getting over the shock that this actually got made let alone made available to watch.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by cvm

I agree. How does he keep getting his financing?



Former Boss?

Most of the time or all the time now he uses his money. If it's not successful the the German government would give him his money back. something like that.



edit: i still think he somehow gets back his money

Until the law was changed in 2005, Boll was able to acquire funding for his movies thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allowed investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allowed them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor was then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor would get a tax writeoff

[Offender_Mullet]

Woah this thread rises from the grave.

Originally Posted by Riddler The Slag

I'm still getting over the shock that this actually got made let alone made available to watch.

Riddler, Al has pretty good taste from posts I've read so I'll buy into it. Just have no idea where to look for this film.

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Offender_Mullet

Just have no idea where to look for this film.

The copy I watched was from Britain. It looks like it's unavailable in the US at the moment.

[SirMontyPython]

Well, considering all the bad things said about Uwe Boll, I don't even want to watch this, but now I'm curious all things considering that there was one average review of Auschwitz...where can I see this if I even had some kind of chance watching it?

[The Mhael]

Uwe Boll making a movie about Auschwitz should be considered a hate crime.

One of the worst directors ever.

[Kurri]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

Better yet, how does Uwe manage to keep getting hired to direct movies?

i will never understand this. flop after flop and he keeps getting PAID to direct...maybe he doesn't get paid much at all to make it financially profitable for the producer / studio???

[Samus Aran]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

How could Uwe get financing for this project? Better yet, how does Uwe manage to keep getting hired to direct movies? The subject matter requires a competent director.

He's the one who puts the financing together, so basically he hires himself to direct. Why people are willing to give him money is another question all together.

At least after the massive losses of BloodRayne and Dungeon Siege ($60 million budget, $4 million box office in the US), he's not getting large budgets anymore. Now he's churning out the cheap straight-to-DVD stuff that don't need to make that much money to turn a profit.

[Nielsb90]

Uwe Boll - trolling the film industry since 1965