bryant

Well, I'm of three or four minds about this. OK, so Mike Meyers has struck a deal to do what he's calling "film sampling." I.e., he's gonna insert himself or other actors into old movies. Remixes. See also Kung Pow.

I want to see what Meyers does with this concept, cause I think he's comedic gold, even after the last two Austin Powers flicks. But I hate the way the Variety story calls films "properties." But I think that this sort of remixing will demonstrate the value of having more creative works in the public domain, since it'll show what people can do given the right to edit. Except that Meyers isn't gonna be working with public domain movies. And how the hell does this jibe with the whole ClearPlay issue? Are they really saying "It's OK to screw with the director's original vision as long as you own the rights to the movie."?

Well, of course they are. Still, this move blows the hell out of comments like "There are those who would revise a film for what they claim to be benign reasons. But there are others who would alter for pornographic and obscene reasons. To allow one, it would seem you must allow the other." That's Jack Valenti talking, there.