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「ブレアウィッチ・プロジェクト」の知られざる裏側!
低予算映画として記録的な大ヒットを飛ばした「ブレアウィッチ・プロジェクト」。しかし、出演者たちは映画の成功とは裏腹に、当初はほとんど利益を得られませんでした。契約書の抜け穴をつかれ、名前や肖像が無断で使用されたり、グッズが販売されたり…。
数年後、彼らはようやく訴訟を起こし和解金を得ましたが、映画が生み出した莫大な利益から見れば雀の涙。インディーズ業界の搾取構造が浮き彫りになる事件となりました。 そんな中、ふと当時を思い出すと、映画公開時、友人と「あれは本当にあったことなのか?」と真剣に議論した記憶が蘇ります。巧妙な宣伝戦略と、俳優たちの迫真の演技が、私たち観客を「ゾワゾワ」させる恐怖の世界へ引き込んだのです。今回のニュースを見て、「あの恐怖体験」の裏に、こんな不条理な現実があったのかと、なんとも複雑な気持ちになりました。
数年後、彼らはようやく訴訟を起こし和解金を得ましたが、映画が生み出した莫大な利益から見れば雀の涙。インディーズ業界の搾取構造が浮き彫りになる事件となりました。 そんな中、ふと当時を思い出すと、映画公開時、友人と「あれは本当にあったことなのか?」と真剣に議論した記憶が蘇ります。巧妙な宣伝戦略と、俳優たちの迫真の演技が、私たち観客を「ゾワゾワ」させる恐怖の世界へ引き込んだのです。今回のニュースを見て、「あの恐怖体験」の裏に、こんな不条理な現実があったのかと、なんとも複雑な気持ちになりました。

みんなの反応
>Before the shoot began, Haxan presented the actors with a one-and-a-half-page deal memo that they remember signing with only a cursory look, save for one clause that seemed unlikely: Should the project net Haxan over $1 million, the actors were entitled to “a one percent (1%) participation in profits in excess of $1,000,000.”
These three I believe made more money on that suit than they did from the making of the movie:
This is absolute sociopathy considering it’s in response to a request for comment on the fact the people that actually made the movie successful were screwed over for decades:
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Good on em. Probably the most amount of money they saw for the use of their likeness. Especially when one thinks of the train loads of cash the studio would have made off of these movies.
Good for them. Didn’t even know there was a sequel, didn’t need it.
It’s especially egregious considering how much work the actors did on that film. They improvised their dialogue, set up all the shots, operated the cameras, did their own hair and wardrobe…
Looks like a new line-up for Throwing Muses.
Good, because they got nothing from the film, absolutely shafted
B; and. X mm
You mean their families sued. Because they were all killed by the Blair Witch. I saw that documentary.
TIL there is a sequel to Blair Witch
Was walking through DT Seattle and randomly got free tickets to see a sneak preview…. That last scene is one of the creepiest things in film ever
didn’t the lady change her name because of this?
I always wondered why none of them became actual actors or anything like I’ve never seen either of them in anything
with how contract was made.
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