‘Can you hold a movie in Customs?’, The director mocked the Cannes Festival, commenting on how the president would apply his alleged 100% tariff about films produced outside the US
Known for meticulously built and unique -style movies, WES ANDERSON was skeptical about the Donald Trump to impose a 100% rate on American productions filmed abroad. During the press conference of The Phoenician Scheme At the Cannes Festival, the director questioned the logic – or her absence – of the proposal.
“This rate is curious because I have never heard of a 100%rate,” he said Anderson.
I am not an economy expert, but it seems that he is saying he will have all the money. So, what’s left for us? It seems complicated to me. Can you hold a movie in customs? This is not how they are sent. ”
Earlier in the same press conference, Anderson joked that the fare announcement served as a kind of free disclosure to The Phoenician Schemefilmed in Germany and debut in the US scheduled for May 30. “I thought he was advertising for us or something,” he said. “THE Trump See the movie?
At the beginning of the month, Trump He announced that he has authorized the United States Commerce Department and office to start the process to apply a 100% tariff on American films made in “foreign lands” – also known as Runaway Productions. He stated that filming abroad represents a “threat to national security” and would be making the film industry “die very quickly.”
According to Varietythe US household box office raised $ 8.7 billion in 2024, with releases that had been postponed by double Hollywood strikes in 2023. In 2025, titles like Sinners, Thunderbolts, Captain America: Brave New World, Minecraft Movie and Final Destination: Bloodlines have been recording good results.
The Phoenician Scheme Largely debut in theaters on June 6. This is the first feature of Anderson since Asteroid city (2023) and has a heavy cast: Benicio Del Toro, MICHAEL CERA, MIA THREAPLETON, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson, Mathieu Amalric, Rupert Friend and Hope Davis.
This text was originally published by Rolling Stone USA On May 19, written by Larisha Paul and can be checked here.
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