The effect of the Trump presidency A question about the “integrity and position” of filmmakers is “that hangs on all American filmmakers”, an old director claimed Thursday.
Berlin International Film Festival Jury President Todd Haynes warned reporters During a press conference, people are in a “state of special crisis at the moment in the US but also worldwide”, from the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.
“I think everyone I know in the US and friends abroad witness this barrage of actions in the first three weeks of the Trump government with enormous concern, shock,” Haynes said.
Todd Haynes spoke with reporters about politics at the Berlin International Film Festival of Berlinale. (Kurt “Cyberguy” Knutsson)
“I think this is part of the strategy, is to create a feeling of destabilization and shock among people, so that how we continue to coales of different forms of resistance are still in the making and still under democrats be thought up, “he continued.
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Haynes insisted that even people who voted on Trump will probably be “quickly disillusioned” about his inability to offer “economic stability”. However, he was more concerned about how this “financiers willing to take risks and are willing to support strong voices.”
“How the return of the Trump presidency will influence the making of films is a real question about all American filmmakers,” said Haynes. “And it is a question that goes beyond the world of making films: how you maintain your own integrity and point of view and you talk about the problems around us … that can still be seen.”
Colleague jury member and film critic Amy Nicholson also expressed “people who try to distribute us” during the same press conference.
Hollywood filmmakers have been worried about the influence that President Donald Trump will have on films. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images | Photo by Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
“I just want to say about my country, I think Americans hear all the time that we are a divided country,” said Nicholson. “I feel that some people in my country agree that I just want to feel safety, safety for healthcare, safety for housing, that their work has value (s) their lives. I would like to see the people I realize that they have to unite those people who try to distribute us in America. “
Although Haynes openly criticized Trump at the Berlin international film festival, other similar festivals have been less political than in the past.
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The Sundance Film Festival was noticeable earlier this month absent from anti-trump protests In contrast to the start of Trump’s first term in 2017.
Although outlets as Variety claimed that this was because publicists who demanded that journalists stay away from politics, Christian Toto, host of the podcast “Hollywood in Toto”, said Fox News Digital That it was probably due to the decreasing influence of Hollywood.
This year, the Sundance Film Festival was noticeably less anti-Trump protests compared to Trump’s first term. (AP/Arthur Mola/Invision)
“Get the blame for various factors for the weak follow -up to resistance. The industry is in trouble thanks to the pall -out of the pandemic, the dueling 2023 industry stuck and, the most recently, the devastating LA burns. Actors realize openly realizing themselves Being politically their bottom line does not help with such a challenging time, “said Toto.
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