A very well known South African writer who actively discouraged me from writing further back in 2017 has now had his book on the beginning of SA cinema and its founder published while mine is awaiting publication.
Amazing that he would criticize my manuscript publicly and then publish his own a few years later.
Piece of 💩😡
Thing is, your book will be better than his (and he probably knew that).
Quote from: indianasmith on June 04, 2025, 01:18:39 PMThing is, your book will be better than his (and he probably knew that).
Aww thanks 😊😊👍
One of the things Ted Botha hauled me over the coals for was "all the American and UK films mentioned in your manuscript which have nothing to do with South Africa". I had to explain that films like FIRST BLOOD (1982), ARMAGEDDON, RUNAWAY TRAIN, ARACHNOPHOBIA, DR NO, GOLDFINGER, G I JANE etc have South African connections and if he read a line or two further he would see why.
Do they have On Demand Publishing in SA???
That's how my friend Keith Van Allen managed to get a couple books out....
Quote from: LilCerberus on June 04, 2025, 01:27:20 PMDo they have On Demand Publishing in SA???
That's how my friend Keith Van Allen managed to get a couple books out....
We have that here, yes.
f**k the a***ole. FRANKENSTEIN (1910) came out before the classic Karloff version. First don't mean s**t.
Quote from: RCMerchant on June 04, 2025, 06:45:46 PMf**k the a***ole. FRANKENSTEIN (1910) came out before the classic Karloff version. First don't mean s**t.
Thanks Ronny 😊😊😊🐢
Quote from: Trevor on June 04, 2025, 12:00:46 PMA very well known South African writer who actively discouraged me from writing further back in 2017 has now had his book on the beginning of SA cinema and its founder published while mine is awaiting publication.
Amazing that he would criticize my manuscript publicly and then publish his own a few years later.
Piece of 💩😡
Leave that as an Amazon review.
Quote from: chainsaw midget on June 07, 2025, 04:59:12 PMQuote from: Trevor on June 04, 2025, 12:00:46 PMA very well known South African writer who actively discouraged me from writing further back in 2017 has now had his book on the beginning of SA cinema and its founder published while mine is awaiting publication.
Amazing that he would criticize my manuscript publicly and then publish his own a few years later.
Piece of 💩😡
Leave that as an Amazon review.
😂😆😄😃
I might just do that. 😉😉🐢
I have an update which made me 😀😀 for the first time in days.
My colleague Chris let me know that he'd read the book and said it was almost totally inaccurate when it came to listing the films made here.
The author said that the first two sound features, MOEDERTJIE (Little Mother) and SARIE MARAIS, both from 1931 were "irretrieveably lost".
Dumbass. There are negatives and prints at the place where I worked for more than three decades.
I should be angry with the author for putting out BS but 😃😀😃😀😃
Quote from: Trevor on July 04, 2025, 11:31:41 AMThe author said that the first two sound features, MOEDERTJIE (Little Mother) and SARIE MARAIS, both from 1931 were "irretrieveably lost".
Off topic, but is that the Sarie Marijs from the song?
Quote from: Dr. Whom on July 04, 2025, 01:02:30 PMQuote from: Trevor on July 04, 2025, 11:31:41 AMThe author said that the first two sound features, MOEDERTJIE (Little Mother) and SARIE MARAIS, both from 1931 were "irretrieveably lost".
Off topic, but is that the Sarie Marijs from the song?
Yes it is. 😁
The movie - a musical - is based on the song and tells the story of an imprisoned and exiled Anglo Boer South African War veteran's longing to return home. I have it on a flash drive: maybe I should upload it to YouTube.
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