The first strike of American actors and screenwriters in Hollywood for more than 60 years, “worried” in France, recognized Thursday the boss of the national federation of cinemas.
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“The strike worries us a lot of course“, declared Thursday, July 20, Richard Patry, boss of the national federation of cinemas, on BFM Business, explaining that its magnitude by the fact that it is a strike”oriented against platforms” (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV…) which “may last quite a long time“.
This strike, which began last Friday in Hollywood, is paralyzing American studios and if “it only concerns American films for the moment, many films have already started to be delayed and that worries us a lot about the year 2024“, he added, believing that this social movement in the cinema could also reach France. “There is always a risk, especially at the level of the authors(…) but for the moment there is no action announced in France“, he clarified.
Asked about the claims of actors and screenwriters also concerning artificial intelligence, increasingly accused by the world of culture of plundering creative content, Richard Patry said that it was necessary to be “very, very vigilant“. He says don’t “not believe today that we can make a great screenplay by AI” and that “it will always take the talent of the screenwriter to make great films“. On the attendance side, the bar of 100 million spectators was crossed in July and the “200 millions” are in the sights, according to Richard Patry, with the release of blockbusters this summer, between the new Impossible mission, Oppenheimer And Barbiewhich made a record start in theaters on Wednesday July 19.