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Vince (Vince)	Saturday, December 4, 2010 - 12:00 am Rebel without a Deal or, How a 30-year-old filmmaker with $11,000 almost became a Hollywood player Authored by Vincent Rocca Commentaries by Kevin Smith Rebel without a Deal chronicles how a High School dropout made Kisses and Caroms in five days for $11,000, landed and lost a multi-million dollar deal with National Lampoon, later releaseing the movie through Warner Bros. where it went on to gross over one million dollars. Everything is covered from film school to the idea, writing it and financing it, the entire shoot, postproduction, film festivals, meeting Kevin Smith and suicidal depression. No subject is taboo. This is a real account of no-budget filmmaking, down to profit and loss statements. New York Times-bestselling author and award winning screenwriter and director, Kevin Smith lends his take on Vince's Journey and relates his experience with Clerks. Get Rebel Without a Deal now available in paperback at Amazon! Also available for the Kindle, Nook and iPad. Or visit the ultimate filmmaking books main website for more information.
Bart	Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 07:29 pm Congrats on the reviews! Very nice. Any other news?
Vince (Vince)	Saturday, January 14, 2006 - 02:05 am None that's fit to print. When do I get to see BackSlash? I picked up the sell sheet at AFM.
Bart	Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 12:12 pm This was posted on the Backslash website earlier this month: Production Updates for January 2006 The film has hit an unexpected snag. Our former editor and Director of Photography, Victor Zorba, has refused to create the final edit list that would enable us to finish and sell the film. Zorba was hired to shot and edit the film, but his first cut, in fall of '04, was so bad that my sales agent asked me to re-edit portions of it. I re-cut the beginning and about 15 other scenes. Zorba had agreed to put my edits into his timeline (I edited on an Avid, he edited on a Final Cut system). In May '05 we made arrangements with the lab, Laser Pacific, to re-do the transfer from film to video. They had done such a poor job originally that they agreed to re-do the transfer for free, as well as fix several scenes they ruined (water stains, developer problems, scratches, etc.). In August of '05, Zorba abruptly quit the project. He did not finish the final audio edit (it cost me $4,000 in additional post-production audio expenses to learn this) nor did he ever combine my edit decision lists (EDL) into his own EDL. He had four months in which to do a job that should not have taken more than a day of work. Without a complete EDL, the lab cannot make the final transfer, and we cannot finish the the film. He refuses to return email or phone calls. He hasn't even asked for additional money. Instead, he'd rather destroy my investor's money (and my money) and 18 months of hard work to prove a point that I can't even fathom to identify. All you cast and crew who put in so much work and time, I personally thank you. But unless Zorba finishes the EDL, your hard work will never see the light of day. ======================================== I think they have some issues to work through....
Vince (Vince)	Thursday, January 26, 2006 - 12:45 am That sucks. A screener had to have gone to the Sales Agent before AFM. Mark Steven Grove who did stunts for BS, directed a movie that my sales agent reps. I thought he indicated there were some sales at AFM. Maybe those sales dollars could be used to get the Laser Pacific to do another output to video, then the AFM screener could be used to recut the movie. They may even be able to life the sound from the screener. I hope my editor doesn't take K&C away from me!!!