Jörg Buttgereit on Bootlegging.

There's an excellent interview with Jörg Buttgereit in the May issue of Fangoria. This snippet struck a chord with me and I thought I'd share it. Go out and grab a copy!!

"If I were to do a film like Nekromantik today, totally independent, my so-called fans would give me exactly 2 days to earn my money back. When Nekromantik came out on VHS, it cost 100 marks, which is like 50 dollars. That was the only way to earn money back, by selling video tapes. So bootlegging, YouTube, etc. always hurt people who work independently. And that’s why  I’m sticking to theatre at the moment. Because you can’t bootleg a stage play." - Jörg Buttgereit

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