12 Aug
2013
12 Aug
'13
1:11 a.m.
On 8/11/2013 10:55 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
If I had made it available at all, I would much rather have had screen
credit, in the "Thanks to" list at the end, than the $500. I was told
that getting screen credit was impossible. Obviously it isn't
impossible in the general case, but apparently in this specific
situation the leadperson didn't have enough pull and they didn't want
the front panel badly enough to make it happen.
No that is actually pretty much
impossible on something like Swordfish.
Maybe a student or independent film. They didn't lie. Not a chance in
hell. They give thanks to whole cities and people that they can't make
the film without. Not some guy that rented them something. Could you
imagine the five hours of credits after a film thanking everyone that
rented them a fake lamppost or plastic shrubbery ? People pay tons to
get their names in the credits of something like Swordfish. The rest are
required by contract, rights holders, or the unions. If it was only as
easy as renting them a computer.
I still haven't actually seen _Swordfish_. Maybe I'll rent it some day.
Probably for the best. You didn't miss much.
Eric