Uwe Boll
A German film director best known for movie adaptations of video games, such as House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, and Bloodrayne.
The quality of his films has often caused him to be referred to as a latter-day Ed Wood. This is inaccurate; Wood was enthusiastic but inept, an earnest director whose vision as an artist greatly outstripped his meager abilities as a filmmaker. Boll's films are driven by cynical exploitation of German tax law that allows a movie to make money even when it fails at the box office. He is better thought of as a real-life Max Bialystock from The Producers, a movie in which a Broadway producer attempts to make money by intentionally staging a massive flop, Springtime for Hitler.
Rumors have said that the German government will be closing the tax loophole exploited by Boll. If true, this will almost certainly end Boll's career as a director, as his movies are universally reviled by critics and shunned by audiences.
The quality of his films has often caused him to be referred to as a latter-day Ed Wood. This is inaccurate; Wood was enthusiastic but inept, an earnest director whose vision as an artist greatly outstripped his meager abilities as a filmmaker. Boll's films are driven by cynical exploitation of German tax law that allows a movie to make money even when it fails at the box office. He is better thought of as a real-life Max Bialystock from The Producers, a movie in which a Broadway producer attempts to make money by intentionally staging a massive flop, Springtime for Hitler.
Rumors have said that the German government will be closing the tax loophole exploited by Boll. If true, this will almost certainly end Boll's career as a director, as his movies are universally reviled by critics and shunned by audiences.
Example:
I thought about going to see the latest Uwe Boll movie, but decided to stay home and spend an evening driving carpet tacks into my scrotum instead.
I thought about going to see the latest Uwe Boll movie, but decided to stay home and spend an evening driving carpet tacks into my scrotum instead.