400k in the early 90s was definitely way more than $900. I can see why he would think that was steep. He has some quote about how the major label artists are getting so screwed by their labels that he may as well get a piece.
John Leguizamo talks about how people have come up to him for years angry that he shot Carlito. Soap opera actors always complain about this sort of thing. This has always been going on. There’s probably less of it nowadays than there used to be.
Ok you’re talking about one album and he charged them 100k. For small bands he would charge a small fee but for larger bands he’d charge a heftier fee in order to live his lifestyle comfortably in Chicago
There’s a trend online to act like all of the standard screenplay faux pas are completely normal and accepted by everyone. They don’t care how much experience you have.
There was that post where people were dragging the guy for putting Wolf of Wall Street as his favorite as if that’s indicative of poor taste or something and then here you come with Silence and Age of Innocence. I get it those are great movies it just struck me as funny.