Berlinale Jury President Kristen Stewart Calls The Film Industry’s Obsession With Finances “Stupid And Embarrassing”
theplaylist.netKristen Stewart wasted no time making her presence felt as jury president of the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Screendaily reports that Stewart had some cutting things to say about the state of the film industry at the festival’s Competition press conference, particularly its obsession with money over artistic merit.
READ MORE: Berlin 2023: New Films By Sean Penn, Jesse Eisenberg & More Announced Following up comments by her fellow juror Radu Jude, who evoked Isidore Isou‘s 1951 avant-garde film “Venom And Eternity” and its credo that “cinema is the industry of money and stupidity,” Stewart called the filmmaking world’s current situation “stupid and embarrassing.” “How we [make films,] who consumes it, how much it costs — we’re heading towards oblivion on that level,” said the actress.
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