A Conversation with Uwe Boll

With the recent proliferation of videogame adaptations laying siege on cinema, I thought it might be pertinent to take an in-depth look at the ramifications of this invasion. Who better to provide the most cutting insight into the matter than Uwe Boll, arguably the genre’s supreme chancellor? I got a chance to sit down this weekend with the feisty German in his posh Los Angeles loft for a candid and surprisingly levelheaded discussion on the past, present and future of videogame adaptations*

Dave Micevic: First of all, Mr. Boll, thank you for sacrificing time from your busy schedule to talk with me today. I know you must be overwhelmed with the advance publicity for your upcoming film Postal.

Uwe Boll: (laughs nervously) I assume you’re referring to that “Indiana Jones” ordeal, right? I know you’re being facetious, but see it as I do; you have a film as volatile as Postal and you have to sell it on that supposed volatility. It is aimed at a particular audience that responds to that level of indecency and it follows that stunts like this only further solidify the film’s potential cult reputation. Know your audience; play to their values and, in doing so, if you manage to scrounge up an occasional attendee based on irony as you yourself claim you will do, even better.