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Rupert Everett Decries “Cinematic Wokery” In “Puritanical” Climate, Says He Hate-Watches ‘Hacks’ – Taormina
In an interview at the Taormina Film Festival, juror Rupert Everett decried “cinematic wokery” in today's “puritanical” climate and says he hate-watches ‘Hacks’
Rupert Everett at the 71st Taormina Film FestivalGetty Images British actor Rupert Everett, who is on the jury at the Taormina Film Festival, spoke candidly — at some points seriously and others more drolly — this afternoon on a number of topics ranging from his thoughts on the industry today to the threat of AI and how his tastes in consuming content run to “things I don’t really like to watch.” Charming the assembled film students and accredited attendees, Everett kicked off the conversation in Italian, talking about his experience with Francesco Rosi on 1987’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold and the 2019 mini The Name of the Rose, which shot at Cinecittà. Then, asked about the state of the industry, Everett pivoted more so to television than cinema and said: “I think for me it’s not having a very good moment because I preferred the world of entertainment when it was a little bit less puritanical.
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