tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547512800973843309.post7860430548771975696..comments2023-06-05T11:55:16.643+01:00Comments on Independent Ramblings: Daily Mash Nails the UK Film CouncilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547512800973843309.post-74784153595020263662010-07-29T09:32:09.761+01:002010-07-29T09:32:09.761+01:00Ross,
There's a rumour that the Village Peopl...Ross,<br /><br />There's a rumour that the Village People and the song were going to be used for a campaign for the Navy, until someone pointed out that it might not be a great idea.<br /><br />Ironically, it was recently discovered that only one of the Village People was actually gay.Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547512800973843309.post-23977540048878013452010-07-29T00:43:11.179+01:002010-07-29T00:43:11.179+01:00The US military also let the Village People use th...The US military also let the Village People use their facilities to record the video for "In the Navy" for reasons I'm guessing they didn't entirely think through.Rosshttp://fountain.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547512800973843309.post-15111800827978842812010-07-27T19:39:10.017+01:002010-07-27T19:39:10.017+01:00That's a really interesting example, because t...That's a really interesting example, because the US Military won't co-operate in any movie that isn't basically a pro-military film. Crimson Tide had to have help from the French Navy because the US Navy wouldn't (despite it not being an anti-war film).<br /><br />But I really don't see why anyone can't just make a movie for themselves now. The gear and the number of people you need is so small now, what with digital video and computer editing. Ken Loach's crappy movies cost about £3-4m, which is just nuts (Soderbergh makes the odd low-budget experimental movie that costs $1m)Tim Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369256383976094670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547512800973843309.post-80020358821442021292010-07-27T11:37:05.585+01:002010-07-27T11:37:05.585+01:00Indeed. That's probably why Hollywood movies a...Indeed. That's probably why Hollywood movies are the best - they don't get any govt funding. <br /><br />The only counter-example I can think of is Top Gun where they were allowed to use those ships very cheaply - and it was probably a worse film as a result.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com