Charlie Kaufman has blasted Hollywood studio bosses for “disgusting” income and pay packages all whereas they “don’t do something”.
The Oscar-winning screenwriter was talking at Sarajevo Movie Competition this week when he referred to as out the pay of executives that put income forward of artwork.
“It’s disgusting, as a result of they don’t do something,” Kaufman informed Selection. “No, they do harm is what they do. They do harm to the artwork kind. And by doing that, they do harm to humanity. And if every little thing is in regards to the backside line for them and saving cash, then there’s nothing left to the artwork kind.”
The screenwriter was in Sarajevo to obtain a lifetime achievement award, and has been noticed out and about carrying a T-shirt studying “Writers Guild on Strike”. Selection reported that in an interview he revealed a second layer with a WGA-branded T-shirt beneath.
Whereas talking at a masterclass on Monday (August 14), Kaufman additionally stated that the totally different between artwork and “standard Hollywood fare” is “the distinction between reality and bullshit”.
“Studios are going to live on and individuals are going to proceed to make rubbish as a result of rubbish at this level… makes a fortune,” he stated.
Kaufman elaborated whereas talking to Selection, saying: “[Studio heads] will not be ushering in any form of lovely work by their presence. They’re form of doing the other of that. And I feel it’s evidenced in what Hollywood produces, and the way the costlier a film is, the much less worth it has to the tradition,” he stated.
Requested whether or not he suppose studio bosses are too out of contact to completely perceive the labour talks, he stated: “I feel they grasp it. I feel they know that their cash comes from different folks not getting cash.”
Hollywood writers and actors are at the moment putting concurrently over points associated to base pay and residuals within the age of streaming, together with safeguards in opposition to the usage of synthetic intelligence within the business.
It marks the primary time in additional than 60 years that actors and writers have gone on strike concurrently.
The Everlasting Sunshine Of The Spotless Thoughts screenwriter’s feedback come after Mark Ruffalo criticised Hollywood “fats cats” who’ve “created an empire of billionaires and consider that we’re now not of worth”.
