Do you guys even know about the battle that happened behind the editing room for American History X? Edward Norton wanted to change the whole fucking movie while Tony Kaye the director was furious about this.. It was a battle of titans between New Line and Tony Kaye.
So the moron talking about hollywood shit should shove his Romper Stomper up his newbie fat ass.
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"He has tried bringing a Catholic priest, a rabbi and a Tibetan monk into a meeting for good vibes. He has tried placing expensive open letters in the Hollywood trades.
Now, director Tony Kaye is turning the cameras on himself, making a documentary about his battle with New Line Cinema over control of American History X, according to the New York Post.
In case you missed it, Kaye--an established TV-commercial director making his first feature film--has been quite upset with the suits at New Line since June, when he viewed the studio's final cut of his Nazi-skinhead drama.
(During that viewing, Kaye reportedly threw his wallet and an orange at the screen, and he later asked that his name be removed from the credits. A ruling from the Director's Guild on Kaye's request is pending.)
Reportedly in post-production for more than a year with cost overruns of $1.5 million, Kaye likened himself to Stanley Kubrick, who has been working on his Eyes Wide Shut forever--the old, "we'll sell no film before its time" deal.
But New Line production chief Mike De Luca has said Kaye is no Kubrick. He has ordered the film canned and ready for an October premiere--with or without Kaye's name on it.
"You've got a bunch of egocentric morons who simply don't have an original point of view, and they took my film and bent it into a shape of their own," Kaye bitched to the Post.
Not withstanding wallets and oranges, Kaye's extraordinary response has surprised--and in some cases, entertained--the Industry.
First, there were the mysterious ads on the back covers of the Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety--all out of Kaye's flying wallet, reportedly totaling about $100,000--that featured quotes from the likes of Abraham Lincoln and John Lennon.
There were also letters to actors Edward Furlong, Elliot Gould, Beverly D'Angelo and other cast members (each addressed individually in a form letter): "The film I am working on...is a film that is seen through the eyes of a boy. It is not another story of teenage or skinhead violence."
And there was this cryptic message to star Edward Norton: "Stop looking in the lake and listen to the wind."
Then Kaye threatened to protest the debut of American History X at the Toronto Film Festival--a screening the studio decided to cancel last week because of the budding controversy.
And then there was the meeting with De Luca, into which Kaye brought the priest, the rabbi and the monk. He also brought a video camera, presumably for documentary purposes.
"I'm dealing with evil people," Kaye told the Post. "I'm going to do everything in my power to keep them from releasing this film."
Responded an amused De Luca in the Los Angeles Times: "When I saw the Tibetan monk rubbing his beads, I kept thinking, I hope he's praying for us, too."
