{"id":125195,"date":"2024-11-13T02:39:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125195"},"modified":"2024-11-13T02:39:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T19:39:05","slug":"steve-mcqueen-drops-out-of-camerimage-over-controversial-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125195","title":{"rendered":"Steve McQueen Drops Out of Camerimage Over Controversial Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/blitz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_blitz_1\" data-tag=\"blitz\">Blitz<\/a><\/em> director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/steve-mcqueen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_steve-mcqueen_1\" data-tag=\"steve-mcqueen\">Steve McQueen<\/a> has dropped out of Poland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/camerimage\/\" id=\"auto-tag_camerimage_1\" data-tag=\"camerimage\">Camerimage<\/a> Film Festival following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/camerimage-film-festival-sexist-editorial-change-1236059689\/\">controversial editorial about female cinematographers written<\/a> by the festival\u2019s founder and CEO Marek \u017bydowicz in the days before the opening of the 32nd edition of the industry event dedicated to the art of cinematography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cHaving read Marek Zydowicz\u2019s op-ed concerning female cinematographers, I have decided not to attend the opening night presentation of my film <em>Blitz<\/em> this weekend,\u201d the filmmaker said in an exclusive statement to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cAlthough he has issued an apology, I cannot get past what I consider deeply offensive words. I have enormous respect for cinematographers of all genders including women, and believe we have to do and demand better to make room for everyone at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe event was scheduled to kick off on Saturday with a screening of McQueen\u2019s latest feature, with the Oscar-winning director in attendance. The film will still play as the opening night film but McQueen will not longer attend. He was also slated to receive the outstanding director award as part of the opening night ceremony. <em>THR<\/em> has reached out to Camerimage for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/blitz-review-saoirse-ronan-steve-mcqueen-apple-tv-plus-1236028209\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/blitz-review-saoirse-ronan-steve-mcqueen-apple-tv-plus-1236028209\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blitz<\/a><\/em> follows 9-year-old George (Elliott Heffernan) in wartime London after his mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him as an evacuee to safety in the English countryside. Defiant and determined to get back home on his own to his mother and grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, George encounters real danger as a distraught Rita tries to find her footloose son.\u00a0The film champions the resilience of women and tells the pivotal stories of them during World War II, and proves that mothers will stop at nothing in their love for their children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPublished in the latest edition of Cinematography World magazine, \u017bydowicz\u2019s piece was written as a response to a September petition from Women in Cinematography, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/international\/\" id=\"auto-tag_international_1\" data-tag=\"international\">international<\/a> union representing female directors of photography across the globe, calling on Camerimage to better support the work of\u00a0women cinematographers. But rather than commit to improving representation in the festival\u2019s programming \u2014\u00a0as the leaders of the Cannes, Berlin and Tokyo film festivals have done in recent years \u2014 \u017bydowicz attempted to argue that admitting the work of more female DPs would somehow risk diminishing the event\u2019s artistic quality.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe film industry is undergoing rapid changes, affecting the cinematic image, its content, and aesthetics,\u201d \u017bydowicz wrote. \u201cOne of the most significant changes is the growing recognition of female cinematographers and directors. This evolution is crucial as it rectifies the obvious injustice present in societal development. However, it also raises a question: Can the pursuit of change exclude what is good? Can we sacrifice works and artists with outstanding artistic achievements solely to make room for mediocre film production?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe reaction to \u017bydowicz\u2019s piece was almost immediate as word of his stance spread among the global cinematographer community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe British Society of Cinematographers, the craft organization established in 1949, published a letter on its website that was blunt in its condemnation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe BSC wishes to express its disapproval of your recent article in Cinematography World,\u201d the association\u2019s\u00a0\u201cOpen Letter to \u017bydowicz\u201d read. \u201cWe are disheartened and angered by your profoundly misogynistic comments and aggressive tone, which we view as symptomatic of a deep-rooted prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) soon threw its support behind the BSC\u2019s letter, with additional criticisms coming from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC), Association of Brazilian Cinematographers (ABC), Society of Camera Operators and Women Cinematographers Network (covering Germany, Austria &amp; Switzerland).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tVarious other industry luminaries are expected at the event, including Cate Blanchett, who is serving as the president of the 2024 competition jury,\u00a0<em>Shogun<\/em>\u00a0star Hiroyuki Sanada, as well as several Oscar-frontrunner DPs, including Greig Fraser (<em>Dune 2<\/em>), Jarin Blaschke (<em>Nosferatu<\/em>), and Alice Brooks (<em>Wicked<\/em>), Lol Crawley (T<em>he Brutalist<\/em>), St\u00e9phane Fontaine (<em>Conclave<\/em>), Ed Lachman (<em>Maria<\/em>), Paul Guillaume (<em>Emilia Perez<\/em>), and many other leaders in the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/steve-mcqueen-camerimage-out-founder-controversy-1236059867\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blitz director Steve McQueen has dropped out of Poland\u2019s Camerimage Film Festival following a controversial editorial about female cinematographers written by the festival\u2019s founder and CEO Marek \u017bydowicz in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=125195\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}