Ira Goldman

There are union minimums, but certain production companies pay different rates.

Have you contacted the police?>

Be fearless.

I went to film school. i learned more on an actual union set for a big budget movie, in four weeks, than i ever did in my four years as an undergrad, and 2 years as a masters student. experience trumps book study 1000 fold.

alas film is alive!

I'll ask. I don't remember a single word of English on the packages/invoices except for KODAK.

i can't read or speak thai, we had a thai resident that acted as our guide, one of the focus pullers working on the second hangover movie introduced us to our contact, i wish i knew how to pronounce or read their language--i know that doesn't help you a lot.

there are camera shops all over bangkok since they dont have too many customers during the off seasons, you can actually haggle the prices down with the shop owners

we make trips out there to buy up certain stocks when they have sales, and ship them airmail to the US. you have to be careful on what courier you use, if they don't pack them right, they get ruined. but you're talking about 1/4 price of the stuff here. worth it if you're shooting a feature and you need like, 50k feet of film.

film stock in thailand is SUPER cheap.

the preservation of film would mean more people would keep their jobs. the labs, the processing, the telecine, stock shops, camera shops, rental places, they won't need to buy digital cameras, even if film is more invovled and cumbersome at times, the people of the industry would be protected somewhat. the technology is at an adolescence, we might see improvement, opinions are polar to say the least.

what can you say on here that you can't in other forums? corporate disparagement? because they're on product forums? i'm not here to waste your time or split hairs. in any case, i understand.

my boss told me to check this site out, so i'm here. in any case, im not here to argue with you brother, so i see your viewpoints, let's discuss productive topics =)