2/25/11
To anyone considering doing business with Bruce Reisman and Kris Black...PLEASE BEWARE! These two are complete con artists! They did a movie titled "The House That Jack Built" and completely padded the budget..putting the majority of it in their own pocket. They conned a man in Toronto and Chicago to give them final finishing money to pay a debt to the post production studio for "Jack"...NONE of that money saw the film, but went into their pockets. They will continue to con people, charm them, make them believe they are your friend/business partner..but then suck you dry. Please beware of these two men as they are thieves that use the facade of the movie business as their cover.
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09/15/08
I worked on a film called "The House that Jack Built" for director/producer Bruce Reisman. The paychecks for four of the crew members bounced, and three months later, Bruce has claimed on numerous occasions that the checks will "go out next week", though this has never come to pass. He claims that someone "stole" money from his production account, but as far as I'm concerned, he's simply stolen money from the crew.
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To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing in response to the posting referenced above and to let the manager/owner of this blog know that I feel its a libelous and fraudulent claim against him, posted by someone with clear ill-intention, made with malicious intent, in effort to defame Mr. Reisman's long standing in this business and his most recent film project, "The House That Jack Built." I ask that this posting be removed immediately.
I feel this way specifically because of a half hour phone conversation today with Mr. Reisman in regard to this issue; even though I did not work on that project, nor have ever worked with or had any prior communications with him before today.
This blog caught my attention in a negative "red flag" sort of a way against this blogger because I find it very hard to believe somebody as upstanding as Mr. Reisman would be attacked in this unsuspecting manner without any direct confrontation by the individual and/or multiple individuals who allegedly have an issue with him.
If so many people have issues with Mr. Reisman, why did he refrain from mentioning any pending class action lawsuit? What this blog has shamefully done and has become, is given angry people and others a forum for yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater, where there is none without confronting the very source of their ill will. If there is no fire, there is not a reason to call for alarm, as was the case here in my opinion.
I also find it not only unprofessional, but deplorable that the actual person who posted this about Mr. Reisman, in his own defense, if the allegations were/are true (which Mr. Reisman states they are not in my phone conversation) that he has not in his posting outlined any steps necessary he is taking to rectify this situation directly with Mr. Reisman, or via the California legal system; which pretty much makes a libelous and defamatory statement without explanation or purpose. Purpose and attention must be paid.
There is not one word of justification of this poster's steps he/she has taken to rectify this, and for that reason alone I recommend that it should be removed from this blog due to libel and defamation without explanation or just cause.
While I feel this blog is satisfactory and beneficial for people who have truly been wronged by corrupt and unprofessional individuals to point out those people (comparable to public access laws in knowing where sex-offenders reside) I categorically and whole-heartedly believe that people posting behind such anonymous facades, willing to identify who allegedly wronged them without documentation and thorough explanation, yet unwilling to identify themselves is nothing except mere rhetoric, speculation, and equally disrespectful; promoting the very unprofessional behavior it was designed to prevent, and ultimately curb and doing a DISERVICE to the production community instead of the service it was designed to be.
I demand that this scandalous and libelous posting be removed in the name of professionalism.
Sincerely,
Michael Silberman
Line Producer/UPM
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update: 11/21/08
The crew members whose checks originally bounced have finally been paid. It took 7 months. I feel the attention drawn to this situation thanks to this blog was a large part of their payment finally being rendered.
