a letter from gary cummiskey
Hi Aryan,
have just read the review on The Chiz of 12shooters and The Ballard of Coffin Deadly and Sugar Moon and enjoyed it - but I have one problem:
At the beginning, Dave Chislett writes:
“He (Kaganof) published a great novel last year called Uselessly, through a real publisher that was well received.”
A “real” publisher?What the fuck is a “real” publisher? This sort of thing about about “real” publishers - meaning commercial publishers as opposed to independent publishers - is precisely the perception that folk such as Botsotso, Timbila, Dye Hard Press (me) and yourself have been fighting against. There are no “real” publishers. There are commercial publishers and independent publishers. Size is a mere characteristic.
I take you are therefore not a “real” filmmaker, because you do not own a commercial film company?
Regards
Gary
February 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
the response i got from dave
“Tell him to grow a sense of humour!”
February 24th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Small publishers are REAL publishers and underground filmmakers are REAL filmmakers. We all have a small sense of humour but the above phrase is serious and I agree with Mr.Cummiskey.