Why won't I help people?
- Amanda Riddell
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- Mar 7
- 1 min read
Because they're treating me as a disposable freak that they need to use to get rich.
Bluntly, that money should be mine. If we're talking Beatles, it's simple:
My script was better.
My demos were eerie.
That's what qualified me to work with McCartney.
He thinks my songs are good. He finds actors tedious.
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I'm really sick of you lot appropriating my lyrics as if they 'must' be about the feud. No, the Eggman song is about Luxon. He went to school in Christchurch. That's why I'm affecting his poll results. Presume NZ references unless otherwise stated. That's why I don't want tons of footage of me. It creates the parasocial identification I was hoping to avoid. Cutting the Whakamana bit. The other film is better as a solo piece. AM 2 is done. - Same goes in Wellington. You see me as something to vibe off of. You see me as a way of legitimising you as tolerant. You see me as being able to teach the teenagers despite calling me a paedo. - Perils of being an early-career director: everyone thinks they know better. My writing has won me accolades. My films are good, but they're not mainstream. I've got a bunch of short film scripts that split the difference. Lots of horror and mayhem. Something like Wild Tales or The Meaning Of Life.
Here's the script that I'm hoping to pitch to Fran or Jim. It's not quite done. https://drive.google.com/file/d/13FqQUbpZVnlQfdcNsZt3Y6OZ6ef-viza/view?usp=sharing