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DEDICATION
BOOK'S OVERVIEW

1. MY FAVORITE SOUTH AFRICAN FILMS
2. SA FILM EVENTS 1895 - 2017 (I chose to stop in 2017 because that's when I stopped writing)
3. MEMORABLE MOMENTS IN SA FILMS
4. SA FILM PRODUCTIONS 1910 - 2017
5. FILMS BANNED UNDER APARTHEID
6. THE SUBSIDY FILM SCANDAL PRODUCTIONS
7. SUCH IDIOTS ARE NOT ARTISTS: THE ANTI-SOUTH AFRICAN FILM GENRE
8. INDEX OF UNDERPANTS

 :teddyr: :teddyr:

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Sounds good except Chapter 8 stinks!

Does the index have a scratch and sniff portion?

 :teddyr: :teddyr:

Always did  :wink:

I am a bit concerned about the idiots chapter where I take on foreign filmmakers who made anti-South African films as I really let them have it: I don't know what American libel laws are like.  :buggedout:

Probably similar to S.A. law, S.A. has a common law history. Opinions are not libel, only facts are. If you state your opinion that Michael Bay is a terrible filmmaker, that's not libel. If you knowingly falsely claim Michael Bay has syphilis, that's libel.

Aww crap, that was one of my comments I made  :buggedout: :wink: :wink:

I don't reflect on people like Richard Attenborough and Richard Donner personally, just their films. Incidentally, I always wondered if Attenborough knew he was playing a South African in The Great Escape?  :wink:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bushell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bushell)

 :teddyr: :teddyr:

And I just got a rejection letter from one of the publishers which said " While your book is valid in terms of history it is unfortunately not fully academic in nature"

WTF is that supposed to mean exactly?  :hatred:

Was it supposed to be academic?
I bought a couple movie books when I was younger because I was a movie buff.....

You mentioned about your letting loose on certain movies, might that be what they mean?

They don't have my full manuscript as yet and certainly not that chapter, so they didn't judge my full manuscript 🤬

More citations and footnotes?  More cowbell?   :question:

It means you chose the wrong publisher.

Hey, at least you got a quick answer. I've been waiting 2 months to hear back from a publisher. (They did verify they had my proposal, so...)

The company Intellect Publishers in the UK publish "scholarly texts" written by people who probably haven't touched a camera or ever been on a movie set before. I don't mind the rejection, it's just that they didn't have my entire ms and they judged the book's potential on that alone.

From what little I've looked into things previously, that does seem to be how the publishing industry works. Even if they had the whole thing you have no guarantee that they've sat down and read it all alas.

At least I still have that other publisher who sent me a provisional contract.  :smile:

keep shopping the book around

it sounds interesting  :thumbup:

Thanks: it's actually my story in the film industry together with the events.  :smile:

Does it have any pictures?
I like movie books with pictures.

So far twelve from movies and about ten more historical pics ☺️

Few undertakings in life have the potential to bring one more pain than the desire to be a published writer.

I hear you very clearly: I have been trying to get published since 1992.

Why don't you open your own publishing business? It would cost relatively little in this day and age and then you could make money helping others get published, and have control over your own title.

This was my reply to them a few minutes ago:


We shall see. :tongueout: :twirl: :drink:

Their loss, Trevor! Hang in there. :smile:

Brandon Sanderson had to shop his first book to something like a score of publishers, but eventually he found success. Stephen King says getting published that first time is like a lot like being willing to keep feeding chips into a slot machine: enough patience and it'll eventually pay off. I hope they give you constructive feedback or at least an explanation.

Writers need thick skin, and remember, no matter what they say, good or bad, it's just their opinion. Good luck!

Well, I have to give them credit: they responded.  :teddyr:


Not based simply on my credentials, huh? You had my four page CV, you morons. :tongueout:

That was nice of them. When I get rejections that include a personal note/explanation/advice rather than just a form letter I count that as a win. Their explanation makes perfect sense and doesn't reflect on the quality of your work.

Thanks: they seem legit.

And now I just have to figure out WHERE to sign on the contract?  :buggedout:

Wait...there's a contract?  :hot:  How did I miss that?  Congratulations!

(Or  is it that you are selling your soul in exchange for publication?   :buggedout: )

You go an offer  :question: :question:

As of this weekend, I no longer claim ownership of my soul  :buggedout: :wink: :wink:

Seriously, yes: the publisher Bear Manor Media will be publishing it later in the year.  :cheers:

Congratulations my friend. I wish you much success with it.

Bear Manor, wow! I was just thinking of submitting to them.

Thanks  :smile: :smile:

 :smile: :smile:

When I heard that name for the first time, I thought "I don't want my book published by nudists"  :buggedout: :wink: :wink:

I'm trying to write my author bio and can't stop laughing  :teddyr:

So happy for you!!!

Thanks 😊

I have thrown out one of my chapters called SUCH IDIOTS ARE NOT ARTISTS - about foreign filmmakers who made anti SA films - because I really don't want to get sued. 😳😳

Yeah, sometimes compromises have to be made . . .

Underwear expert needs to stay in there!

Phrase it all as questions:

"After seeing his film, did I think it was a piece of garbage and he a total moron?"

"Does the depth of his talentless excess scream egotistical hack?"

Remember different countries will have different libel laws.

Does that mean those countries are stupid places full of utter idiots?  :wink:

I've visited a lot of countries and I am yet to find one that isn't.

Your avatar violates Russian libel laws, but I bet you aren't too concerned.

Heh. It may have been specifically chosen for that reason. Then again I am not looking to sell anything there so no, not exactly worried. In the unlikely event, I was to be going to Russia or involved in some business there, that might have to change (slight shame because it is a country I would have liked to have visited). If I was selling a book there, that violated their laws it is something I'd have to think about.

 :teddyr: :teddyr:

My avatar violates film making rules as that was at film school in 2011 and that was my first time behind a motion picture camera  :buggedout: :wink:

Well, hit me over the head with a 100 year old dildo, I got threatened with legal action on Tuesday!  :buggedout:

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On what basis?  Intimidation is often all they have.

By who for what (if you can talk about it?)

You know me well enough to know that people won't make threats like that to my face  :wink:

Sure.

The company which bought up the film library are the persons of interest here but our copyright act is very clear with regard to public domain and copyright: after 50 years, a movie is public domain and it cannot be renewed, unlike in the USA.

I informed them that all 10 of the stills I wanted for my book are older than 50 years and therefore PD: I said I would credit them, submit a letter of indemnity etc and they chose to ignore the act, stating that although the films were in public domain, they would not release the stills (which they do not even have) to me for publishing.

I told them that I would be going to the archives and requesting the stills - I am well within my rights to do so with a letter of indemnity - and that is when the proverbial hit the fan.

I haven't slept for the last two nights but this morning, I reduced the number of stills I wanted and will pay a nominal fee (total $300) which is a lot less than the almost ZAR22 000 they quoted me first.

All of this s*** p**ses me off: there should be no rights and no charge.  :bluesad:

I see. That sucks. It would probably cost you more to hire a lawyer to defend a suit than what they are charging you, which is what they are counting on.  :bluesad:

Exactly. I have been working with this company since 1997, I took hundreds of reels of film to the lab for them, hosted screenings, wrote DVD slip sheets and promoted them if people needed movies that weren't available.

F*** them: as soon as I pay them tomorrow, I am done with them permanently even if they offer me employment.

If you are going to pay them, then make sure you make it a pain in the arsenal for them. Use only small denomination coins, or write a cheque on the side of an elephant.

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That cheered me up a bit, thanks.

I have to pay them around 220 pounds so that will be a hell of a lot of small denomination coins.  :buggedout:

I'm wondering now: it's 8:22, where am I going to get an elephant this time of night?  :buggedout: :wink: :wink:

The first answer that sprung to my mind was "Africa". Based on pretty much every film set in Africa I have ever seen (with the exception of Zulu and Zulu Dawn), I assume elephants are found on every street corner, aren't they?

😆😆😆

There is a zoo here in Pretoria but it's in a sketchy area and its almost 10:30 pm now, so they will tell me "Bugger off and come back tomorrow" with my luck 😳😉😉

Threaten them with your underpants. No one is going to mess with you.

The dirtier the better!

Couldn't you go after them for damages for unlawfully impeding the progress of your book?

See, that's why I'd be a terrible lawyer, I'd be suing everybody worse than Fazio & Green.

Oy  :buggedout: :teddyr:

The city where they are is a nice place so that would be a disaster area there soon after  :buggedout: :wink:

Well, I went to the zoo, they said "No elephant loans" so I guess I just have to pay cash then 😳🐘😳😉

https://www.pretoriazoo.org/ (https://www.pretoriazoo.org/)

Two words I don't want to hear again after Friday: FINAL and EDIT  :buggedout:

I decided to write another chapter for my book on the anti apartheid cinema genre: 2000 words and 6 pages later, I'm done 😳🐢

Still fiddling with it: especially the chapter which just might get me sued, I dunno  :buggedout: :wink:

Cecil Kellaway, Basil Rathbone, Lawrence Harvey, Genevieve Waite, Jenny Runacre, Stratford Johns, Wensley Pithey: almost forgot about you guys.

I never knew Claude Lelouch and Nicolas Cage made movies in Zimbabwe?