An Open Letter to Ang Lee
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- demafleez0
I think people are mad at him in particular since he could have used the opportunity to voice the issue and raise awareness. Rather than soapboxing the bad conditions vfx workers are going thru to help him and others get high accolades, Ang remained silent while the winning vfx sups get their mics cut.
At least Robert Downey Jr attempted to stand up for the artists who depicted Iron Man for a majority of the screen time before Sam Jackson shut him down
- lodef0
a documentary all about this issue, worth a watch. at 21:40 they talk about the whole getting cut off during the Oscars speech thing, Ang Lee not thanking them etc.
I think its important to note that that whole situation has brought a lot of attention to the problem from people not directly interested in the VFX industry.
- my avatar was always green screen green though. but it will remain in solidarity!lodef
- instrmntl0
People who work on computers get shafted, regardless of the industry. A friend and I were just speaking of how the development culture is terrible, ie, expected to work late hours, absorb new technologies thru r&d, etc etc.
Let the good times roll!
- sometimes true, sometimes not true..if everyone wants your job, and CEO thinks you're interchangeablevaxorcist
- if CEO thinks people who work on computers are interchangeable,then you're viewed as an expense, not an aset... = CUT HERE....vaxorcist
- asset then the beancounters see you as something to cut to the bone, not as something to cultivate....vaxorcist
- That is why I stopped working on Computers.eryx
- instrmntl0
VFX Company Rhythm & Hues Protested Last Night's Oscar Ceremony
When VFX supervisor Bill Westenhofer accepted the award for Life of Pi last night, he was ominously played off the stage by the Jaws score and abruptly cut off just as he was beginning to tell the audience about the current situation. "Sadly, Rhythm & Hues is suffering severe financial difficulties right now, and I urge you all to remember..." and that was all he could say before his microphone was turned off. I'm not implying there was a conspiracy to cut his speech short in order to silence him, but it was just bad timing and it sucks he couldn't use that platform - with a billion people watching around the world - to at least illuminate the issue for everyone.
- albums0
Wait a second, whose fault is it if you can't stay in business?
If you're making deals that can't sustain your business, the client shouldn't be blamed, that's just bad business.
- He's not blaming the clients, he's blaming those in control of the money for nickel and diming the VFX studios.zarkonite
- bored2death0
I feel their pain, but they'll have to change more than the movie industry. This is the essence of capitalism.
- Weyland0
Not only Hollywood, VFX houses around the world are suffering because of (mainly) cut advertisement budgets, I feel for R&H's message but it's the former overcharged economy that made them huge and now it's time to scale down again, just like everywhere else
- like movie tickets. ill go to the ritz but mainline cinema is bleeding.teh
- i_monk0
Stop offering (and delivering) services you can't turn a profit on.
- uuuuuu0
I can appreciate the point but it seems like he's just picking something to complain about. OF COARSE Lee wants it to be cheaper its not like he's saying "I want the artists to work more for less" he's just saying it would be preferable to keep costs down but you can't because of RnD and associated costs. He's just saying its hard for VFX companies to make money and IT IS.
Also, fucking everyone gets cut short at the Oscars. If they wanted to make sure they got that part about the company's financial difficulties they should have cut to the chase. That guy went on and on before that part and there were other speakers too if I remember correctly, they should of known.
- I guarantee you that Mr. Lee's per diem is three times what the artists make for a salaryFawnDog
- They will never cut costs above the line
FawnDog - Lee doesn't work for RandH. He is a filmmaker, I don't know but I'm sure he appreciates what the digiartists do but he doesn't manage the companyuuuuuu
- ...manage the company.uuuuuu
- feel0
- pango0
cmon people. ang lee's only crime was making hulk.
- GeorgesII0
All this wouldn't have ever happened if his brother was still alive!!
- i_monk0
Instead of protesting the Oscars, they should have been meeting with lawyers for a class action lawsuit against the people who knowingly ran the company into the ground by charging less than break-even rates.
- antimotion0
- son?mathinc
- tru datutopian
- haha I like some of his work but this is fucking funnyanimatedgif
- 74LEO0
Is it R&D or R&H?
Shame but people may just stop taking their kids to the movies. Its hardly an experience and movies are expensive, smell, loud and personally I like to lay down and sprawl out when I'm watching a good movie.