What you’d call questionable donation methods, I’d call smart business. He knew there’d be fans willing to fork over cash for this project, so he set up a donation drive and got that cash… and apparently made quite a bit of profit before the movie’s even finished. And now those same people who made donations to this movie will undoubtedly make another donation by purchasing a copy of the movie, which means even more profits lining the pockets.
Clever. Devilishly clever.
Wondering what I’m talking about? Here’s the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imw0Onw162c&
Should I chime in? Is it too late?
Oh wait, I already did.