In the era of globalized streaming platforms, the balance of power is no longer that of the golden age of stars on the big screen
The strike, launched by the Screen Actors Guild of America, joins that of the Writers Guild of America, which began in May – © SIPA
On July 13, a crowd of glamorous moviegoers and slightly less glamorous journalists gathered at a London cinema to watch the premiere of ‘Oppenheimer’, the new film from Universal Pictures, munching on popcorn . As audiences waited for the film’s stars – Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon and others – to enter, they were greeted with an apology from director Christopher Nolan. He announced that his actors had just returned home. “They left to write their placards to join the picket lines.”
Actors join screenwriters
Said strike, called a few moments earlier by the Screen Actors Guild of America [syndicat des acteurs, ndt] and which joins that of the Writers Guild of America [syndicat des scénaristes, ndt] debuting in May, detonated a bombshell in the American entertainment industry. Its repercussions will extend far beyond: nine of the ten biggest global box office hits last year were produced in the United States, and American streaming services are now present in living rooms around the world. As the stars clash with the studios, the great entertainment producing machine has come to a standstill.
The last time screenwriters and actors went on strike together, Ronald Reagan was president — not yet of the United States, but of the actors union. At the time, in 1960, the debate was about television and how actors on the big screen should be paid when their work was re-aired on the small. Today, the confrontation also concerns […]
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2023-08-08 09:00:54
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