Porn Valley- Porn Valley- Yesterday I wrote the following:
It was interesting and quit puzzling at the same time last Friday to note New Sensation's promotional push of John Bowen's movie Domina 4. Especially when Bowen had just been fired by New Sensations. Well not fired but fired in the sense that they no longer wanted Bowen to shoot features for them because they told him features were a dead market. Bowen, whose deal with New Sensations was announced with much fanfare just last September, said, well, let me shoot gonzos for you. In a Catch 22 conversation that was probably intended to go nowhere, New Sensations told him, no, you shoot features for us.
"But you just told me features are dead," said Bowen. Frustrated, that's when Bowen struck a deal to shoot gonzos for Bob East's new company, Phoenix Releasing. But that didn't salve the insult that was apparently added to injury when Bowen attempted to collect money he claimed New Sensations owed him for Domina 4. Bowen said he had $12,000 coming to him. New Sensations, according to Bowen, convinced him otherwise. Bowen told me he never saw a dime of the money.
Gene sez: Apparently the tom-toms beat all the way to Brazil to where I had an exchange of phone calls this morning with John Bowen who wanted to clarify some issues. Bowen wants to make it clear that he never had a problem collecting money from New Sensations. And, truth be told, he has always said that to me.
Was Bowen expecting money at this end of his deal with New Sensations? Yes, but apparently after long talks with them, it appears that the industry has a method of checks and balances that hold sway and would give a Chinaman a run for his money.
"I had anticipated that at the end of the deal I would have had about $12,000 in cash to pick up from them," says Bowen. "But when I went there to get my money they had returns equalling the amount of money that they owed me. I am pissed at the fact that our industry accepts returns. In our industry when we sell something it isn't sold. It's only out on loan until the payers decide whether to send it back and take a credit. I think it's a horrendous way to do business but it is the industry norm. And my anger is the fact that we allow ourselves to do business this way. But what they [New Sensations] have done is an absolutely normal accepted practice in our industry either though I don't like it. Every company goes through this. So when I thought I was going to pick up money, all I did was pick up returned goods."
