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Variety: Paris int’l shoot levels ‘quickly returned to normal’ after November Terrorist attacks, says Paris Film Office head Michel Gomez, who also talked to Variety about recent and upcoming shoots, and new Paris Film Office initiatives
I think it is interesting to note how after the terrorist attack in Paris the world held its breath, before quickly moving forward. While I won’t fault the film industry for this—deadlines must be met—it is still something to consider. It wasn’t long after the international community had moved on from the attack in Paris that the city seemed to resume life as normal as well. And that is considering the fact that the world reacted very strongly to the attack in Paris—so strongly, in fact, that many questioned why so much attention was given to Paris when bombings in Beirut seemed to be ignored by social-media users. Many complained of a lack of media coverage when it was in fact the consumers who ignored the Beirut attack (ample media coverage was given). As someone who is often critical of social-media activism, I wonder what the significance is of how people seemed to be up-in-arms over the Paris attack on one day, and then had moved on by the next. If people were so ready to move on from the event they did choose to pay attention to, what does that mean for Beirut? This is not to argue that more attention should have been given, or for a longer time. It is more to question to sincerity of concern given for so selectively and for such a short period of time.
I’m glad that the Paris film industry is bouncing back. I think it really says something about the resilience of artists that almost immediately after the ban was lifted, film shoot levels returned to normal. It never really occurred to me before reading this article that art industries in Paris could be affected by the bombings. I knew the live entertainment portion of it would have some bad after-effects, one’s they may still be facing to this day, since the attacks began at a concert. But things like film, art galleries, television? I almost forgot those could be negatively affected too. Obviously people were excepting the levels of film shoots in Paris to drop, since they were shocked enough to write this article. It natural to assume producers, directors, and actors would be fearful to spend time in Paris, especially in a densely packed event like a film shoot. And yet, this didn’t appear to be stopping anyone. I’m glad artistic industries recover from events like this so quickly, it shows the dedication of its people.
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I think it is interesting to note how after the terrorist attack in Paris the world held its breath, before quickly moving forward. While I won’t fault the film industry for this—deadlines must be met—it is still something to consider. It wasn’t long after the international community had moved on from the attack in Paris that the city seemed to resume life as normal as well. And that is considering the fact that the world reacted very strongly to the attack in Paris—so strongly, in fact, that many questioned why so much attention was given to Paris when bombings in Beirut seemed to be ignored by social-media users. Many complained of a lack of media coverage when it was in fact the consumers who ignored the Beirut attack (ample media coverage was given). As someone who is often critical of social-media activism, I wonder what the significance is of how people seemed to be up-in-arms over the Paris attack on one day, and then had moved on by the next. If people were so ready to move on from the event they did choose to pay attention to, what does that mean for Beirut? This is not to argue that more attention should have been given, or for a longer time. It is more to question to sincerity of concern given for so selectively and for such a short period of time.
I’m glad that the Paris film industry is bouncing back. I think it really says something about the resilience of artists that almost immediately after the ban was lifted, film shoot levels returned to normal. It never really occurred to me before reading this article that art industries in Paris could be affected by the bombings. I knew the live entertainment portion of it would have some bad after-effects, one’s they may still be facing to this day, since the attacks began at a concert. But things like film, art galleries, television? I almost forgot those could be negatively affected too. Obviously people were excepting the levels of film shoots in Paris to drop, since they were shocked enough to write this article. It natural to assume producers, directors, and actors would be fearful to spend time in Paris, especially in a densely packed event like a film shoot. And yet, this didn’t appear to be stopping anyone. I’m glad artistic industries recover from events like this so quickly, it shows the dedication of its people.
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