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Rising Interest Rates, a Fading Theatrical Movie Business and a Post-Strike Hangover: Breaking Down the Threats Facing the Cannes Market
The Cannes Market kicks off with star packages from Russell Crowe, Kristin Stewart and Ben Stiller
Last summer, Paul Schrader was about to start shooting “Oh, Canada,” his adaptation of Russell Banks’ novel about a troubled artist taking stock of his life, when the major actors union went on strike. There’s a resilience and a continued willingness to back creativity and originality while the rest of the film and TV sector is still creaking and groaning under the strain of the strikes, changing business models and pressure from Wall Street.” “Buyers have recovered a great energy and have appetite for quality,” said Marie Laure Montironi at Pathé, which is introducing Antonin Baudry’s “De Gaulle” as well as “In the Hell of Kabul,” directed by Martin Bourboulon (“The Three Musketeers”).
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