HOLLYWOOD - A prominent French filmmaker has called on his colleagues in Europe and Asia to come together to resist Hollywood's "industrial machine."
Speaking to the French news agency Agence France Presse in Bangkok,
where he attended the recently concluded Bangkok Film Festival, director
Jean-Jacques Beineix (Diva, Betty Blue) charged: "In its search
for instant profit, Hollywood has created such an irritation among the
public that the time has come for European and Asian cinema to take
action."
The wire service report did not disclose what action Beineix
advocates against Hollywood. Instead, he simply urged that Asian and
European filmmakers define a "common goal...because Hollywood, in its
pursuit of instant gratification, has gone too far."