$494.1 million
- Amanda Riddell
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- May 12, 2024
- 1 min read
That is Victoria University of Wellington's annual operating revenue.
$50,000 is 0.0101194% of that. I'm not making a film for 'exposure', or for people that are only pretending to like me because they think I can save their jobs.
My message is that VUW can either respect my cease and desist letter, or have the guts to pay me that $50,000. Then they'd own the rights and be able to make the film without my influence, because I haven't forgiven the NZSM for taking Jake's side, and I actually want them to fail. Seriously: have you read my whinging blog posts?
I'm not trying to stop you: I'm just making sure that you give me what is fair.
It takes guts to say no. Nobody co-wrote that script, so it's entirely my decision.
Accept that the Dakumentary is what I chose to do. That, and my stories/book.
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I'm not interested in doing a showcase of people because they're suddenly facing joblessness after years of calling me a spaz, a freak, a pervert, Tommy Wiseau, and all that bullshit that they really thought.
The Dakumentary shows that I'm not an arsehole. They're the privileged dickheads that tried to equate a scholarship or room and board with actual payment.
I'm 30 years old. I fucking well expect to get paid if people want to produce my stories, and so would every single one of the people telling me to do it for free. I doubt that Salina or Cassandra or Luke Di Somma has ever written a piece for free.✊🏻
Uni of Otago might be keen on a reading for Shipwrecked, while VUW want to actually produce my screenplay. What I'm saying is that they simply cannot legally produce it because Amanda Riddell is the sole credited writer and she wasn't enrolled at VUW when she wrote it. It's fine if I don't get paid for a reading. It's not fine if I don't get paid for a feature film. How much money did you pay Donald Maurice to make that fucking film of those viola pieces? Bear in mind that in this version of reality, Michelle Cameron would be getting paid to make it, Salina Fisher would be getting paid to assess it, and that's why I'm refusing. It's wrong that I'm…