Machete has fallen into controversy, and its still months away from its September release. 20th Century Fox, which won a bidding war to distribute the film, pulled Rodriguez fiery Illegal trailer from the web shortly after its special Cinco de Mayo message created a storm of controversy and fueled attacks, including one from its sister subsidiary Fox News. Fox News, in turn, pulled the critical article from circulation, entitled Violent Movie Declares War on Arizona for Immigration Law.
Worst of all, Robert Rodriguez incendiary race film Machete was made, in part, with help from tax incentives and location access provided by the Texas Film Commission, a division of Governor Rick Perrys Office. A spokesperson from the organization confirmed that Rodriguez has indeed applied for funding.
The film, originally based on a largely satirical mock-trailer inserted into Rodriguez & Taratinos Grindhouse, has expanded into full production, and developed a message that many have criticized as glorifying a race war. Among those critics are two anonymous crew members from the production who happen to be Hispanic that came forward to warn Alex confidentially about the upsetting script. Further, two individuals who were privy to early screenings of Machete have warned that the film is far more racially inflammatory than either the trailer or leaked script have indicated.
By contrast, films like Waco were denied taxpayer-funded resources for fears that it cast Texas in a bad light. Attempting to shed the light of truth on one of Texas most infamous and controversial episodes is bad, but stoking the fires of racial conflict somehow does Texas good?
Yet, no issue has been made of using Texas Film Commission resources to fund Rodriguez racist treatise. Why does such a production warrant the support of the people of the State of Texas? Will people standby as as tax breaks and other valuable resources such as shooting access at the State Capitol, which likely required closing it off from the public are poured into the creation of divisive, reductive and ultimately offensive portrayal of Mexicans and Americans alike, whether white, black, brown or otherwise.
In addition to state funds, Robert Rodriguez has long had use of the state & city funded studios based at the former Austin airport. His Troublemaker Studios utilizes the Austin Studios facilities, which is managed by the Austin Film Society. Are racial-revenge fantasies the intended use of such publicly and community supported institutions?
Let the Texas Film Commission and other related entities know whether or not you support taxpayer funds going towards the production of Machete and other films like it:
Texas Film Commission, Office of the Governor Rick Perry
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4Fgyqv2wo&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Machete Says F*#%! Arizona[/ame]
Worst of all, Robert Rodriguez incendiary race film Machete was made, in part, with help from tax incentives and location access provided by the Texas Film Commission, a division of Governor Rick Perrys Office. A spokesperson from the organization confirmed that Rodriguez has indeed applied for funding.
The film, originally based on a largely satirical mock-trailer inserted into Rodriguez & Taratinos Grindhouse, has expanded into full production, and developed a message that many have criticized as glorifying a race war. Among those critics are two anonymous crew members from the production who happen to be Hispanic that came forward to warn Alex confidentially about the upsetting script. Further, two individuals who were privy to early screenings of Machete have warned that the film is far more racially inflammatory than either the trailer or leaked script have indicated.
By contrast, films like Waco were denied taxpayer-funded resources for fears that it cast Texas in a bad light. Attempting to shed the light of truth on one of Texas most infamous and controversial episodes is bad, but stoking the fires of racial conflict somehow does Texas good?
Yet, no issue has been made of using Texas Film Commission resources to fund Rodriguez racist treatise. Why does such a production warrant the support of the people of the State of Texas? Will people standby as as tax breaks and other valuable resources such as shooting access at the State Capitol, which likely required closing it off from the public are poured into the creation of divisive, reductive and ultimately offensive portrayal of Mexicans and Americans alike, whether white, black, brown or otherwise.
In addition to state funds, Robert Rodriguez has long had use of the state & city funded studios based at the former Austin airport. His Troublemaker Studios utilizes the Austin Studios facilities, which is managed by the Austin Film Society. Are racial-revenge fantasies the intended use of such publicly and community supported institutions?
Let the Texas Film Commission and other related entities know whether or not you support taxpayer funds going towards the production of Machete and other films like it:
Texas Film Commission, Office of the Governor Rick Perry
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar4Fgyqv2wo&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Machete Says F*#%! Arizona[/ame]
