variety.com: On Truth Social, the president wrote that the “movie making business has been stolen from the United States of America, by other Countries, just like stealing ‘candy from a baby’,” adding that he would be “imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside the U.S.”
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I hadn’t clocked before now that the CMU headings were different from those of the original article. I would say that the CMU heading is misleading at best, but don’t give insight into the actual article. CMU mentions that Hollywood isn’t sure. The original article says that Hollywood isn’t taking it seriously. I’m sure two things can be true, but as with his original round of threats you can only take so much of the babble as true. Like it is mentioned in the original article how do you put a tariff on a service? Who pays? Does this mean more films will be made inside the US without foreign film locations? Are the tariffs for the physical goods of DVDs and tactile items or for the services i.e British TV shows streamed on Amazon? Will the tariffs be on the service providers or will they as with everything else with a tariff inevitably be passed down to the consumer?
Off the bat this article is such a loud of bs…. There is no “war” in gaza and trumps plan to “end” israel’s occupation is just a plan to start building factories. The hypocrisy here is off the wall an all accounts. No foreign countries have stolen anything from america, they are just taking it back. Media and content should be available for the public. This is outright effort of censorship and imperialism is another one of his xenophobic pissing contests. The motion picture association’s confusion is honestly really funny and valid. Films are not a good like steel, they are a service. The quote completely highlights my thinking: “He’s the president, so you have to treat it seriously, but people are mostly just confused by this,” said one studio executive.” this is just another example of how incoherent, unprofessional, and unfit to have this much power this man is.
I think this is a very difficult situation. Trump hasn’t been afraid to impose the tariffs he’s threatened before, but it sounds pretty absurd to follow through with what he’s saying here. It seems like he spends hours daily diluting anything he says on Truth social with dozens of posts, so I’m sure a lot he talks about is overlooked unlike this particular instance. If it is true, it’s very concerning for the film industry. Amazing films can be made outside of the United States, but any sort of difference from the majority in our country is still considered a threat. I really hope this doesn’t happen, as viewers are likely to suffer the financial burden from this decision. If I were to be involved in the film industry in the future, I would hate to see Donald Trump harm everyone’s ability to make the art they want. It’s already expensive to film in the US, so I hope being able to film elsewhere is left untouched by American politicians.
This was kind of an odd article to read. There were so many sentences and phrases that were just odd, and it left me overall confused. The first thing that immediately came to mind was just questioning how it would be possible to place tariffs on a movie. I’m confused about whether that would be on ticket sales, or on DVDs, or on streaming services, or what. However, I don’t think anyone really buys DVDs, and because of how streaming services work, I guess those services would just have to increase their prices in order to pay tariffs on the rights to have those movies on their platform? It is just weird and confusing in so many ways as to how that tariff would logistically work. I’m also curious about what defines a movie as “produced outside the US.” Since so many movies film in many different places or even countries, I’m curious about where the line would be drawn to mark something as a “foreign film.”
Trump doing what he does best: being incredibly vague about financial threats. I honestly can’t believe we have a president who would make such a flippant remark about putting tariffs on such a big industry (and worse yet, have the public be unsure if he will actually follow through with it. He just says whatever the hell he wants.) “I can’t see it helping North America. He doesn’t understand the detail of film being a global business.” What a perfect way to describe this policy (and many policies just like it). The reason that filmmakers chose to make films in other countries is because it’s often easier and cheaper. The films still help the US economy by being sold there. The reason they aren’t made in the U.S. is because the cost provides a barrier. Tariffs would place that barrier internationally as well, which would effectively diminish the film industry by making it more expensive overall. No one wants movies to get more expensive. How does the common person benefit from these tariffs??
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