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Daniel D's avatar

Great post with an excellent movie idea! And as The Passion of the Christ showed, even without major studio backing or promotion, you can make a movie out of a story like this and have it become a worldwide blockbuster!

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Mark Bisone's avatar

Thank you, Sir Dan.

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John Henry Holliday, DDS's avatar

Truly outstanding. Well done.

Indeed, we will win, no matter how this turns out for us individually. Evil has stolen a march on us, but we are awake now and ready to fight for Truth. A merry and blessed Christmas to you.

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Mark Bisone's avatar

Merry Christmas, my good man.

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Sharine Borslien's avatar

Dude, that story is SOOOOO Hollywood. I can't count the number of music and film/tv execs that I either pitched my music to or had to work under their narcissistic reign.

I worked for two brothers at their Warner Bros. sub-label in the mid-90s. They asked me to edit a recording contract for a Canadian band. I actually read the entire thing. I mean, I kinda *had to* in order to do a true edit. They came back from their typical 2 1/2 hour lunch, saw me reading it, and told me to stop immediately. I said, "But you asked me to edit this document. How can I do that properly without reading it?" They got angry and told me to "just edit it." That's when I started learning about how these deals are really putting the band in indentured servitude. Phrases like "recoupable costs" woke me up to the complete commoditization of "art" and enslavement of the "artists."

At a film production company in Beverly Hills, the Napoleonesque V.P. did his damnedest to make me responsible for a film print deadline that I had zero control over. He was yelling at me six inches from my face. I looked him directly in the eyes and said loudly "Fuck OFF." He literally took three big steps backward and went immediately into his office and closed the doors for the rest of the day. After that, he was nice to me, offering to buy me lunch and whatnot. What a creep.

Merry Christmas to you and Dame Bisone. And yes, we will win.

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Mark Bisone's avatar

Babylon is truly a maze of Faustian pacts, with a print so fine you need an electron microscope to read it, LOL.

Thanks for the laugh. Happy belated birthday, and Merry Christmas!

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Stefatanus's avatar

The "Standard Recording Contract" Never ever sign it all you muso's out there

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William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Can I play the crazy occultist? I'll bring homebrew in lieu of frankincense. Me and my guitar might be worth having around by the time we start shooting scenes....

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Mark Bisone's avatar

Open auditions, of course.

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HUMDEEDEE's avatar

Get ahold of Angel Studios - they'll go for it. A Prequel - yeah, that's it. A Prequel. Ya got it in ya, Mark. I'm tellin' ya. Make no mistake. You got this.

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Mark Bisone's avatar

I will check them out. I think it could actually be a hit, with the right approach.

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A Whip of Cords's avatar

Awesome!

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Jota Pe's avatar

Merry Christmas to you aswell. Next year will indeed be fun.

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NanaW's avatar

Why it practically writes itself! Lol

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RobMc's avatar

Brilliant. The poor bastard stepped in it enough times that it’s now on his beloved oxblood Berluti’s.

He didn’t know what hit him, bless his petty little self-consumed self. Thats going to afflict many in the next 36 months. Pity.

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Mark Bisone's avatar

Thanks.

"The poor bastard stepped in it enough times that it’s now on his beloved oxblood Berluti’s."

Great imagery for the fall of H-wood Babylon, LOL.

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RobMc's avatar

There will be hordes of crushed Hollywood egos. Insane egos, crushed. And horror of horrors, crushed at the hands of unclean uneducated Flyovers. The poor elites will be devastated, as they will not understand “Why?! How?!”

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RobMc's avatar

They can all burn in hell, and most likely will.

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Mark Bisone's avatar

Yes. Emphasis on "most likely." There's always a chance for redemption, I think. Or I hope, at least. When I think about certain events of my own life, there's a good chance I'll be cooking too.

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RobMc's avatar

Excellent clarification. The Teacher saw most (sees most) as redeemable. Truth be told, I was highly eligible for an eventual roasting, up until maybe 30 years ago, when I woke up.

I wish a roasting on no one, certainly. However a key element of redemption is humility. That’s a trait in extremely short supply in certain circles. Still, I pray they would wake up.

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