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Ricardo Trejo"Ink" film thanks its Success to Torrents & Piracy
When movie makers think of pirating and torrents I'm sure the first thing that comes to mind are dollar signs floating away. But to Director and Writer of the Independent film Ink, Jamin Winans, piracy has a whole new meaning... and that's success.
Ink is about an 8 year old little girl named Emma, who falls into coma after being kidnapped by a monster. Ink, as the monster is called, takes her away into a dreamworld where she is used to battle the forces of light and dark.
In an open letter to just about everyone, Jamin writes about what bit torrent clients did to his movie after being released, and how a snowball effect of pirate proportions made it a must see film of the year.
Dear Fans and Friends,
Over the weekend something pretty extraordinary happened. Ink got ripped off. Someone bit torrented the movie (we knew this would happen) and they posted it on every pirate site out there. What we didn’t expect was that within 24 hours Ink would blow up. Ink became the number 1 most downloaded movie on several sites having been downloaded somewhere between 150,000 to 200,000 times as far as we can tell. Knowing there’s absolutely nothing we can do about it, we’ve embraced the piracy and are just happy Ink is getting unprecedented exposure.
As a result, Ink is now ranked #16 on IMDb’s movie meter and is currently one of the top 20 most popular movies in the world.
This all started as a result of the completely underground buzz that you’ve each helped us create. We’ve had no distributor, no real advertising and yet the word of mouth that you’ve generated has made the film blow up as soon as it became available worldwide. So many of you came to see the movie multiple times, bringing friends and family and many of you have bought the DVD and Blu-ray from us. All of this built up and built up and suddenly it exploded.
We don’t know exactly where this will all lead, but the exposure is unquestionably a positive thing.
Ink hits Netflix, Blockbuster, iTunes and many more tomorrow! Remember to get your signed copies, t-shirts and posters at the Ink Store.
Thank you so much for the constant love and support.
Jamin and Kiowa
Double Edge Films
As of this blog post, you can watch Ink on Netflix's Instant Streaming on your PC or Xbox (and soon PS3). I haven't seen the film yet, but it's on my to do list this Wednesday afternoon. I'll be back to head up a short review once I'm done watching it. But this goes to show that piracy isn't all what it's made out to be.
Those who are at the top, wearing suits, are the ones who worry when a zero seemingly disappears from their checks. If more people were about making movies than making money than we would have more great stories like this one of Ink.
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