Uwe Boll Watch: Someone's Seen Postal
The German trickster's about to offend, well, everyone.
By Patrick Klepek, 01/26/2007
We know Uwe Boll has challenged himself to pull no punches with the Postal movie. The game caused endless controversy, and it appears Boll's looking to repeat that in Hollywood, if the impressions from IGN Filmforce, based on 20 minutes of footage, are anything to go by. Hell, if even half of what IGN's seen appears in the final cut that eventually appears in American theaters, it'll make millions on shock value alone. Here's what we're supposed to expect: Osama Bin Laden making cracks about 9/11, tongue-in-cheek Columbine reenactments, a man pooping onto the camera, David Foley of News Radio going full-frontal and harsh jabs at religious doctrine. Apparently, nothing's sacred to Boll, and we're already wishing Postal was headed to DVD, so we could see all the scenes that will be inevitably cut for an R rating.
A bit of IGN's impressions:
The German trickster's about to offend, well, everyone.
By Patrick Klepek, 01/26/2007
A bit of IGN's impressions:
"IGN recently got a chance to check out footage from the flick, and it may boil down to one of the most inflammatory pieces of film ever. If it makes it to theaters, expect pickets, threats... the whole nine. What's so raw about the film? It attacks nearly everything Americans -- well, everyone -- holds sacred. Whereas other films have tiptoed around 9/11 and school shootings, Postal plays them off as humorous. Many hold to the philosophy that nothing is off limits in comedy, but there do seem to be exceptions to the rule, and the aforementioned topics fall into that category.
The filmmakers are adamant that it is satire, but have no compunction about offending. In fact, they intend to challenge and divide audiences, and seem to be ready for the backlash. It's obvious that everything is played for laughs, but does that make it better or worse? Audiences will be the final jury."
Mr. Boll, if America didn't already hate you, I'd say they're about to.The filmmakers are adamant that it is satire, but have no compunction about offending. In fact, they intend to challenge and divide audiences, and seem to be ready for the backlash. It's obvious that everything is played for laughs, but does that make it better or worse? Audiences will be the final jury."
