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‘Nouvelle Vague’ Director Richard Linklater On Trump Film Tariffs: “That’s Not Gonna Happen” – Cannes


Nouvelle Vague director and Austin, TX native Richard Linklater is calling B.S. on Donald Trump‘s suggestion for film tariffs. “That’s not gonna happen. That guy changes his mind 50 times. Film is our number one U.S. export,” said the filmmaker who shot Nouvelle Vague in France and his previous movie Blue Moon in Ireland — […]

That guy changes his mind 50 times. Film is our number one U.S. export,” said the filmmaker who shot Nouvelle Vague in France and his previous movie Blue Moon in Ireland — pics which could be potentially ‘tariff’-able under the suggested Trump plan. As far as whether it’s more expensive to shoot in the U.S., Linklater disagrees: “I think the true indie film with no budget cost the same for last several years.

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