This week, out of the blue we had a special visitor to the PLW -- Lexi Alexander, director of the new independent movie Green Street Hooligans. I had seen the trailer for her movie before I knew I was ever going to actually meet her. It's hard to not notice her new movie ... it has Frodo in it. Well, not Frodo but the guy that played him in Lord of the Rings. Everyone knows I have a thing for Lord of the Rings.
Lexi was reeling from an interview from the previous evening where someone asked her how she felt about her movie being available to download for free off the Internet. First of all, she was surprised that it had happened to her movie. Second of all, she wasn't happy. Uh uh.
She demanded that PLW-er Kelly Norton locate this movie on the Internet -- for her to see with her very own eyes that this was happening. There was a slight moment of pause while Kelly quickly typed, and there it was in all "Download Now" glory. Lexi seethed with anger and turned to me to say, "John, there has to be a way to stop these people!" Granted I was aware that Lexi was a kickboxing champion so I think the survival mechanism inside me replied, "Sure Lexi, we'll find a way." I didn't have the heart to tell her the truth. And of course I asked Kelly to close his browser to avoid illegally downloading the content even though the director of the movie was essentially demanding that he do so. I felt like I was in a movie.
After Lexi departed, first year PLW-er Annie Ding summarized it all quite well, "She should be happy. That means her movie is cool enough to be copied."
Posted by maeda at October 6, 2005 09:50 PM