26 minutes ago#With Too a witch hunt to be left behind in the Middle Ages says famous director
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Michael Hanek has become the last figure to criticise the movement #Me Too against sexual harassment in the film industry, saying she has recorded a <x0 witchage” that “should be left in the Middle Ages”. Austrian filmmaker, twice the winner of the Golden Palm in Cannes, made these public concerns during an interview for the Austrian newspaper [...]
Michael Hanek has become the last figure to criticise the movement #Me Too against sexual harassment in the film industry, saying she has recorded a <x0 witchage” that “should be left in the Middle Ages”.
Austrian filmmaker, twice the winner of the Golden Palm in Cannes, made these public concerns during an interview for the Austrian newspaper Kurier. This new Puritanism, stained by hate for men, which came during the time of the movement #MeToo, worries me,” he said. As artists, we've started to feel afraid since we're facing this crusade against any form of eroticism. ”
While Hanek says that any act of violence or obligation “should be punitive, he also said that “this historical prejudice that is very widespread today, seems disgusting. And I don't want to know how many of these charges relate to incidents 20 or 30 years ago, it's statements that basically don't have much to do with sexual harassment.
This has nothing to do with the fact that any sexual harassment and any kind of violence should be punished against women or men. But witch hunting should be left behind in the Middle Ages,” he added.
Hanke argued that a film like the vain drama of 1976 by Nagisa Oysima “into the realm of senses”, which caused contradictions with some unsullied sex scenes, would not be done today “because financial institutions would not allow it, being subject to this terror”.
Suspected actors are leaving movies and serials in order not to lose audience. Where are we living? In medieval times? Westwick has denied these claims against him, while Spacey has denied some of them and has not responded to the others.
Hanek's comments voice what was said in an open letter to Le Monde in January, where the movement #MeToo was described as “a purging wave “that had forced men to lose their jobs when all they had done was touching one's knee or trying to get a kiss”. The letter, signed by 100 women, including actress Catherine Deneuve, was criticised by French feminists that it was melting into <x4joilles, based on respect and satisfaction, and violently”.
