He has already made history as the youngest jury president in history. Venice Film Festival. Now we will also remember him for… his rebellious T-shirt. Who is already in school. We’re talking about the director Damien Chazelle: thirty-eight years old, already an Oscar winner for this film. la la landChazelle was selected as President of the Jury for the 80th Venice Film Festival. A role that the director gladly accepted. However, when she arrived in Laguna, Chazelle did not want to ignore what was happening in America: for several months, foreign actors and writers had been fighting for their rights, arranging an almost unprecedented strike. Thus, he decided to join their protests remotely, showing up at the opening press conference in a black T-shirt. In the center is a white and red inscription: The Writers Guild is on strike!, that is, the Writers Guild (the union of actors and authors) is on strike. In fact, until majors and streamers accept their applications, all their subscribers will not work.
“I wanted to find a way to draw attention to this struggle while we’re here celebrating cinema,” Chazelle explained, referring to his choice of image. However, the President also discussed the merits of the strike: “The idea behind this protest is that every work of art has value in itself. It’s not just content to include in the stream, a concept that’s been getting more and more popular in Hollywood lately. Art, who creates art, and how sustainable art is for the people who create it, are concepts that have blurred somewhat over the last ten years.” This, of course, is only one of the “many questions on the plate”, but, according to Chazelle, “represents his heart”. At the time, the director wanted to throw a spear in favor of residual income requests, which some operators considered costly. “The battle for residual rights and for people to get the right compensation is important,” he explains. “In Hollywood, this is a difficult time not only for striking colleagues, but for all other crew members affected by the situation.”
His gesture immediately made the school: two other participants also demonstrated a T-shirt, that is Laura Poitras, Golden Lion in Venice 79s All the beauty and bloodshedAND Martin McDonagh, director of Spirit Island. Thus, the absence of American stars found its representative in the person of Chazelle, who from the very first day, of course, did not back down. Against. As for the consequences of the Hollywood stalemate, they will also have repercussions for the festival, as director Alberto Barbera acknowledged: “Some very important actors will be missing, but the consequences will not be as severe as feared at the beginning. For days it seemed that we would not have any representation from the Americans, but we would. The Stars and Stripes will be held high by artists who have taken part in independent productions: in this case, the unions of actors and authors provide for exceptions. They are then allowed to give interviews and participate in festivals. Then they will arrive at the Lido. Adam Driverfor the second year in a row, as well as the cast PriscillaFilm about Sofia Coppolaand Mads Mikkelsenfor the Danish film “Promised Land”, e Jessica Chastainmain character Memory. However, among the great absentees, the defeat of the “Maestro” is of great importance. Bradley CooperFrom Emma Stonestar poor creaturesand the whole super cast Murdererlast film David Fincher. We can only hope that America will agree. And fast…
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