Brian De Palma Gets In Shouting Match With His Iraq Film Financier

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First Posted: 10- 9-07 05:32 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:45 AM

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Radar:

A seething feud between Brian De Palma, director of the fictional Iraq war documentary Redacted, and the film's financiers, billionaire Mark Cuban's Magnolia Pictures, erupted at a New York Film Festival press event Monday. It started with De Palma saying images in the film were, in fact, redacted by Cuban--meaning the big bucks blogger personally found them distasteful and cut them out, effectively hacking De Palma's vision at the knees. Cuban and De Palma have expressed different visions of the film before.

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Who cares?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:08 AM on 10/10/2007
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["Who cares?"]



People with functional brains.

Anything else?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:35 AM on 10/10/2007
- amanda85 I'm a Fan of amanda85 108 fans permalink

"Redacted" being redacted.
Ah, the irony.
Only in America...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:23 PM on 10/09/2007
- amanda85 I'm a Fan of amanda85 108 fans permalink

"Redacted" being redacted.
Ah, the irony.

Only in America...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:23 PM on 10/09/2007
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Can't wait to see his film...

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:49 PM on 10/09/2007
- kellygrrrl I'm a Fan of kellygrrrl 641 fans permalink
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Bowles: "Brian, the photos are extremely disturbing­."

uhm, isn't that kinda' the point?

who has been paid off here? Mark Cuban, Magnolia Pics?

perhaps they've been scared sh!tless by legal counsel.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:34 PM on 10/09/2007
- Merckx I'm a Fan of Merckx 24 fans permalink
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This video clip is a good description of the current state of fair use laws and I think, like Brian Depalma does, they are way too restrictive.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:38 PM on 10/09/2007
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