Former Studio Head Barry Diller Says Actor and Writer Strikes Could Cause Hollywood to Collapse (VIDEO)
Barry Diller is an entertainment insider. He used to run Paramount movie studios and also worked for FOX.
During a recent appearance on Face the Nation, Diller said that if the writer and actor strike stretches on for too many months, it could cause the ‘collapse’ of Hollywood as we know it.
During the interview, he floats a possible fix for the problems causing the strike but notes that it probably wouldn’t be accepted.
He points out that the pandemic, combined with streaming has created a ‘perfect storm’ in this situation and if the strike goes beyond this fall, Hollywood is toast.
Breitbart News provides a partial transcript:
BRENNAN: You know, we were trying to gauge the economic impact of this. And according to the Milken Institute, it could cause $4 billion in economic damage. What do you think the impact will be? And how long will the strikes last?
DILLER: Well, the problem with this particular- all strikes get settled. The issue for this one is, is when. Because you have almost a perfect storm here, which is you had COVID, which sent people home to watch streaming and television and killed theaters. You- you’ve had the results of huge investments in streaming, which have produced all these losses for all these companies who are now kind of retrenching.
So, at this moment, this kind of perfect storm, it’s okay if it gets settled in the next month. But I’ll posit what happens if it doesn’t, and there doesn’t seem to be enough trust and energy to get it settled soon. What will happen is, if in fact, it doesn’t get settled until Christmas or so, then next year, there’s not going to be many programs for anybody to watch.
So, you’re gonna see subscriptions get pulled, which is going to reduce the revenue of all these movie companies, television companies, the result of which is that there will be no programs. And at just the time, strike is settled that you want to get back up, there won’t be enough money. So this actually will have devastating effects if it is not settled soon. And the problem with settlement in this case, is there’s no trust between the parties.
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Bloomberg Film Critic of ‘Sound of Freedom’ Movie Is Leftist Spokesman for Minor Attracted Person Advocacy Group
“Sound of Freedom,” an anti-child-trafficking film featuring Jim Caviezel, numerous mainstream media outlets have published critical reviews, downplaying the seriousness of child trafficking and framing it as a “QAnon” conspiracy movie.
One recent critique that stands out was published by Bloomberg, written by a freelancer with controversial affiliations.
Noah Berlatsky, the author, has previously been associated with an organization facing criticism for perceived attempts to normalize pedophilia.
Reporter Andy Ngo later pointed out that Noah Berlatsky was the spokesperson for M.A.P. (minor-attracted person) advocacy group, Prostasia.
https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1680773980003631104
Here is what Noah has to say about “The Sound of Freedom.” This guy is a pig.
The film is controversial because the man the movie is about, former Homeland Security operative Tim Ballard, and the actor who plays him, Jim Caviezel, both have links to QAnon. Ballard has promoted the baseless claim that furniture retailer Wayfair was involved in child trafficking. Caviezel has spoken at multiple QAnon events. In an interview with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, he promoted one of the cult’s most outrageous conspiracy theories, claiming that child traffickers drain their victim’s blood to create a serum to prevent aging.
Angel Studios, which created the thriller, insists that, despite these links, the movie itself isn’t related to QAnon. And after sitting through the 2-hour movie, I think Angel Studios has a point. The film doesn’t explicitly reference QAnon talking points. Instead, in many ways, it echoes and reproduces themes and tropes around trafficking that are common in mainstream Hollywood cinema. Sound of Freedom isn’t QAnon propaganda, exactly, but it shows how closely QAnon propaganda mirrors common popular pulp narratives.
Sound of Freedom is centered on the kidnapping of two young Honduran children, Miguel (played by Lucás Ávila) and Rocío (Cristal Aparicio). Agent Ballard becomes aware of their plight while staking out a child abuser in the US. Defying the Homeland Security bureaucracy, he sets up a series of sting operations in Colombia — the last of which leads him into rebel-controlled territory to save Rocío from a militia leader.
Although the movie is billed as being based on a true story, reporting suggests that Ballard frequently makes exaggerated claims and oversells his own contributions. In 2020, his organization, Operation Underground Railroad, was investigated for using false claims about its successes to raise money, though charges were never filed. (On Thursday, it was reported that he left the organization).
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