...I watched the making-of documentaries. During preparation and production the film crew willingly played the same game the film was actually meant to criticise.
"Oh, what have I drunk?" - Socrates
Which game was that?
Buying and selling of arms?
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I used to love this film until I rewatched it. Its really cheap and cheesy. Its unbelievably cheesy. Just rewatch it if you havent seen it in couple of years, that is completely going to ruin all your memories of the film.
share^Umm.... no
shareJust watched again recently, and it is a great film that would recommend everyone to see.
Short Cut, Draw Blood
montrossboc:
Just saw it for the first time ever and I liked it a lot...don't know what you're talking about.
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Sir Ian McKellen? That dude must be knee-deep in boob.
I used to love this film until I rewatched it. Its really cheap and cheesy. Its unbelievably cheesy. Just rewatch it if you havent seen it in couple of years, that is completely going to ruin all your memories of the film.
What the hell are you talking about?
shareI'm guessing, but the OP may be referring to the fact that the production team did partake in the guns trade its sort-of critical of-- by buying the guns (can't remember what the deal was with regards some of the larger items, tanks etc, it's been an age since I listened to Niccol's commentary) used in the film. Fun fact: mock arms are more expensive to buy than actual guns; makes perfect sense when you think about, supply and demand and all that.
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You felt a lump in your breast, you looked at your wife and saw a stranger
Mock arms don't kill people! So no they didn't get involved in the arms trade did they?
There's a moral to this story Del Boy but for the life of me I can't find it!
They bought and used real arms because they're cheaper than mock arms.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpUWrl3-mc8
OK I accept that but how does it validate the OP's statement? How does one define the arms trade? If it's merely to purchase guns then one in seven people in the US is a gun trader. What are we really talking about here? From whom did the production team buy the guns? Did they sell them on? Did a warlord get rich because of it? Did people die because of it? I think not!
A gun is an inanimate object. It's the use that defines it's purpose. In this movie they were used to make a moral point. Ergo the OP is full of crap!!!
There's a moral to this story Del Boy but for the life of me I can't find it!
They then sold the guns on. To be used for, you know, killing people...
shareThey then sold the guns on.Says who? The OP made no such assertion. The only suggestion made was that they purchased actual firearms as props there's no mention that they sold them on. Incidentally most war movies do the same. Weapons that feature individually are the real deal. So learn to read, you know, before talking nonsense...
"In an interview on the cable channel Spike, Director Andrew Niccol admits to becoming an arms dealer himself. There is a scene with 3000 AK-47s which the director bought for use in the movie and later resold (at a loss) because it was cheaper than getting 3000 props. He concluded that since he took a loss on the guns that he was not a very good arms dealer."
IMDB trivia.
Also found a source for it:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10345429