How does he get the money to make his movies?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Manderlay
deadbunny28 — 14 years ago(December 16, 2011 08:42 PM)
14 million budget and only half a million gross?how does this guy continue to get producers to bet on him?i mean i'm glad they do bcus i love his work, but how does he do it?
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blkguyazngirllove — 14 years ago(December 20, 2011 03:50 PM)
From what I understand, reading the book on Von Trier by Jack Stevenson, Von Trier makes money for his films, by:
- Filming primarily in Denmark.
- He usually gets partial funding from the Danish Film Commission.
- He owns film equipment, which he rents out to other filmmakers.
- He (I think) films commercials for Danish media.
- Since he has his own production company, Europa, all the commercials, and stuff he does outside his own projects, goes back into his production company so he can have money for said personel projects.
There many be more, but I recommend the book by Jack Stevenson
"Can I touch your hair?"-Meiying (Wenwen Han)
The Karate Kid
(2010)
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speculator-1 — 13 years ago(January 20, 2013 02:34 PM)
Here's a link to the book by Jack Stevenson about Von Trier
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/1891661353/SpeculativeFicti
or maybe it's THIS one:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0851709036/SpeculativeFicti
"Blood of Thrones" - proceeds to Action Cancer:
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elisabethskoven — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 01:52 PM)
Some of the funding is from the state-but it's less than a fifth actually. This movie did not make money but most of his actually do. His companycofounder has stated that they would have been much richer if they did not also produce other movies. In the first 10-15 years of their company the money LVT made went into producing other films-I guess sometimes it's the other way around.