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I thought there were several Cuban funded movies. Wasn't he a producer for Good Night and Good Luck?
I just got some hear-say from a friend, but from what i heard it doesn't sound good. Anyone?
I thought there were several Cuban funded movies. Wasn't he a producer for Good Night and Good Luck?
"Akeelah and the Bee" was his latest.
And so what i heard was the latest film is about 4 US soldiers that sexually assault a young woman. Has anyone heard of this particular film?
It's le is "Redacted," directed by Brian DePalma. Read about it:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archi...e_directo.html
Is no one else stunned by this?
By what? The content of the film or Mark Cuban bankrolling it?
Both ! this is news to me. I dont even know what to say. What do Mavs fans have to say about this?
I don't have a problem with it. Voices of Iraq was a patriotic, sympathetic to the war effort kind of do entary, at least according to reviews, I didn't see it. He bankrolled that. He set up the Fallen Patriot Fund. I don't have any time or patience for the "terrorist sympathizer" angle. Our enemies don't need to watched Redacted to get fired up for their cause. "Aid and comfort to the enemy" is just subterfuge for trying to shut down discussion and debate.
Any organization that's big enough has its bad apples. End of story. If they want to make a movie about it, the first amendment applies. If you don't like it, don't buy a ticket.
If you finance something, your name is ON it. Period.
I predict this thread is going to dissolve into heavy handed political posturing...
And since I am not above that, I will contribute that this movie is about the real life Mahmudiyah killings (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudiyah_killings).
Where army recruiters were so desperate to meet their quota, they let a deranged psychopath, with plenty of priors that should have disqualified him on the Army's moral character grounds, become a member of our armed forces (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Dale_Green). That man managed to cajole a few other soldiers into committing the above crime and single-handedly enhance and magnify an air of distrust between Iraqis and American soldiers (besides that which was already there).
The film is not meant to deface our troops. But are we supposed to simply hide the truth that we let some bad elements slip into a proud and noble ins ution? For all the idiocy Cuban does, this is not one of them. His interests in Los Angeles are probably where he is at his best. He has a laundry list of quality films that he has bank rolled (see: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171860/).
Mark Cuban is free to spend his money and say what he wants in any fashion that he pleases. I think he knows that he's a magnet now for controversy so it obviously doesn't bother him.
what's the big deal? shun it if you don't like it. it's pretty silly to question his patriotism.
I dont know enough of the facts to "shun" it, i just hadn't heard anything about it before. Obviously you all know alot more about it than I. I was just tryin to bring it to everyones attention. Obviously I am niave to whats goin on.
he did somehow fund spurs 07 championsip
I don't see what's the big deal. For all the great things that the US military has done, there have been a few bad apples like Steven Green over the years. In an era where Hollywood is all about blockbusters, comic book movies, and sequels, it's a good thing to have films that go a little deeper.
Cuban might want to get his money back on Turistas and Black Christmas though.
THey made a big deal for a couple days about it on Dallas radio, but it was swept under the carpet. It wasnt meant to be anti-american, just art. (his explanation)
I guess I don't see the issue. Is he directly involved with the movie making, or is his money the only thing in play?
From what I've heard of it, Redacted, while uncomfortable, is not off the mark in terms of things that happen in our armed forces. I don't see why movies shouldn't be made from it, and possibly expose it.
Crash was also an uncomfortable movie on many levels, but it isn't wise to pretend that racism doesn't exist in a hundred different ways and levels all around us.
Ah, he funded that movie?
I liked that movie, though.
who cares what movies he produces. He's free to do what he likes.
Cuban is a republican and it's just a movie. if you don't want to see it don't go.
We live in an age where scenes from this movie will be distributed all over the Muslim world. It’s inevitable that it will be used as very effective propaganda to recruit ignorant and disaffected youth and as a result, someone’s boy will die.
Mark Cuban.
That's going to happen whether this movie is made or not.
And I do care, because that person dying could be my brother or my husband's best friend in the world. They've both been to Iraq and both could go back.
But that doesn't mean that the movie shouldn't be made, or that Mark Cuban is an ass for helping to fund the project (and it's stupid to assume that he is personally responsible for it and that it wouldn't have had funding without him).
You're right! That's why I sell crack to little kids. It's stupid to assume that if I didn't do it somebody else wouldn't.
Ask your brother how he feels about that nancy boy billionaire funding the image of GI's as raping murdering thugs?
Are you really trying to make the point that Mark Cuban isn't an ass?
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