I mean, no, it really isn't? There are nations in which you can discuss revolting against the government, where you can recruit men, buy weapons, and even drill in public, but as long as you don't pull the trigger, it's mostly accepted. And there are nations where that isn't true, and telling the wrong joke, or looking at a picture of a gun will get you jail time. The constitution sets out where various lines are. My point is the post above misunderstands drastically where the line actually is.
Turniper
3d ago
This led me down an interesting rabbit hole as to how this guy keeps making movies if he's so bad. Apparently in his early career the tax and subsidy combinations offered by the german government were so substantial films could be major flops and still be financial successes. He claimed subsidies were often as much as 50% of production costs and any losses were full tax writeoffs, so it was at worst basically a risk free investment. Meanwhile his 'more successful' films that actually broke even at the box office would sometimes sell 3-4x their total box office run in home video sales, House of the Dead alone is likely more than half of the money his films have ever made. A lot of this information eventually sources back to the man himself though (After laundering through interview -> wikipedia), so possibly worth taking with a grain of salt.
It sounded to me like he's one of those serial entrepreneurs whose main skill is talking people out of there money. Adam Neumann sorta type, equally happy to spit his game on a government committee or private art investor.
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