BIARRITZ, France -- Piracy remained uppermost in the minds of the 270 European home entertainment executives attending this year's industry conference in Biarritz last week. The two-day Perspectives in European Video (PEVE) event, which ran Dec. 2-3, heard from a range of sources about the debilitating effects of counterfeiting, but most eloquent were the comments of France-based American auteur director Bob Swaim (Nos Amis Les Flics). While happy to be at the event, he said he was "a little angry because it has taken about 14 years to invite me. It is so important that directors be with you because we are at a crossroads, a very important moment in our industry where people can steal our work. It is money out of your pocket, but it's a lot of money out of mine."...
- 12/7/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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