Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Unhappiness), head of this yr’s Cannes pageant jury, mentioned Tuesday he helps the screenwriters’ strike in Hollywood forward of the opening ceremony for the trade shindig on the French Riviera.
“I believe it is nice that individuals have a powerful collegial feeling so you possibly can exit and have a strike,” mentioned the two-time Palme d’Or winner. Taking such motion was “how one can change the circumstances of your occupation. I’m positively, yeah… go!”
The strike in Hollywood kicked off on Could 3 after negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and main US studios and streaming providers failed.
US actor and director Paul Dano, one of many eight members of Östlund’s jury and married to actress and screenwriter Zoe Kazan, additionally voiced his help. “My spouse is at present picketing with our six-month-old strapped to her chest and I’ll go be there together with her on the picket line once I get house from right here,” mentioned Dano, seen not too long ago in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans.
The 1000’s of picketing writers in Hollywood say they’re hanging for higher compensation in a discipline that has been disrupted by streaming.
As for the temper Östlund hopes to foster amongst his jury as they deliberate the 21 movies in competitors, he careworn there could be no guidelines and no holding again.
“In relation to operating the jury, you attempt to create a sure sort of ambiance the place folks do not attempt to be good on a regular basis,” he mentioned. “Folks should not be scared of claiming what their intestine feeling is, when you’ve got a jury ambiance the place everyone seems to be making an attempt to be… mental, smarter than the opposite… you’re lacking out on one thing.”
However so far as offering any speaking factors on the flicks into account at Cannes, Östlund pledged to silence.
“We’re going to maintain our mouths fully shut this yr”, mentioned the 49-year-old Swede, “publicists could have no rumours.”
Östlund described the highest award as “the best movie prize on the earth. If I can select between an Oscar and a Palme, it is a straightforward alternative.”
The Cannes Movie Pageant opens Monday night and runs till Could 27.
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