As promised, this post will be a short one since I’ve kind of bombarded you all will my rants, reviews, and discussions, over the last couple of weeks. So here is a fun tweet that I saw after Parasite won a ton of awards at the Oscars. It kinda mirrors what I was discussing last week about big studios applying pressure on filmmakers to get their movies out ASAP so that they can make their money.
I like that Bong Joon-ho created this whole fake backstory about his dad to get a scene that he really liked in HIS movie. Harvey Weinstein not even questioning it makes me laugh too because it’s clear that in his eyes, why wouldn’t this South Korean man be just a fisherman? Producers always want to pressure filmmakers to create *their* version of a film instead of going out and making one. Filmmakers know what they’re doing and yeah, they do need some advice from producers sometimes, but that doesn’t mean it’s free reign for the producer to dominate everyone.
So yes, read, comment, and let me know if you found this tweet as funny as I did!
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