The latest news from the makers of
THE VAMPIRES OF BLOODY ISLAND.
Written to you direct by the films creators and stars,
Allin Kempthorne and Pamela Kempthorne.
12th AUGUST 2011
Hi guys.
It's not very nice out there!
The riots across London and the rest of the country have left me feeling very depressed. We spent a few nights trying to sleep with a constant sound track of police sirens and fire engines on the road outside. Our local high street was plundered and a building just up the road from us was set on fire.
A little further away across London though was an even bigger blaze. A warehouse belonging to the Sony company was set alight. The warehouse was the UK’s largest distribution centre for independent film and music companies, holding the entire DVD stocks of many small film makers, plus all the CDs from over 150 independent music labels.
I personally know several people who, like us, have made a film, but have now had their entire stocks of DVDs mindlessly destroyed. They include Chris Jones, who's help and advice in our early days of setting up our own film company was invaluable to us, hence his 'With Thanks' credit on 'The Vampires of Bloody Island'. Also, amongst thousands of others, the low budget vampire film 'Shadowland' from Pirate Pictures has seen it’s entire UK stock go up in flames.
Our hearts go out to those film makers who fought overwhelming odds to get their own films funded, filmed and released, only to overnight lose their whole income in a senseless street riot. They’re insured of course (mostly!), but without the cash flow from sales in the meantime, many of these small independent labels are very probably going to go out of business.
These are not big faceless film companies who can 'afford' the loss. They are small, shoe-string film makers, people much like ourselves who said “Hey, let’s make a movie”, who are now left picking up the pieces! And all because three teenage boys found it funny to go out on the streets and start a fire! (They've since been found and arrested, by the way, but from what I hear one was too young to be charged!)
Fortunately for us, our DVDs are distributed from a different warehouse many miles away from London or any major cities. 'The Vampires of Bloody Island' has survived and can still be bought from Amazon, various shops and our also own website at www.bloodyislandmovie.com_________________________________________________
I was going to write a newsletter giving a round up of what we've been up to with 'The Vampires of Bloody Island' and our new project 'The Forgotten World of Vaudeville', plus other various bits of tittle-tattle. It’s long overdue and there's quite a lot to say, but following the riots outside our window and the fire at the Sony warehouse, my heart’s not really in it.
I'll save it all till the next newsletter.
All the very best,
Pamela Kempthorne & Allin Kempthorne
Safe and sound on Bloody Island.
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