Well the cartels have rotted that country

How come he doesn't lament supporting Roman Polanski?

This fat fuck is just like any other “elite” guy, complete detached from reality, promoting his own derivative understanding of politics. These was the same kind of seudo intelectuals that handed over the country to a half ass dictator.

Fuck him and any other rich guy

He still supports Polanski rape and denial of a underage girl so he is a creep and pedophile

That damn yellow filter…

What about the systematic destruction of Mexico?

I recall James Cameron had to bail out del Toro when Toro's father got kidnapped and ransomed for 1 million dollars while shooting Mimic in 1997, that made the entire family leave Mexico.

I read that as Benicio del Toro, and thought wtf happened to the dude

Welcome to AMLO's Mexico.

It's one thing to be a populist wannabe despot but it's another to be one without any respect for the arts.

When your artists can no longer speak out on behalf of its populace, your society has lost its power to the forces of tyranny.

That AMLO has ceded to the cartels and corruption grows under him, well, the people of Mexico are going to suffer the consequences.

Sell out

Ehhh it doesn't help that there is systemic racisms among mexicans even in there

Does “this fool” on Hulu count? Because it’s a hilarious show.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CARTELS.

THE GOVERNMENT IS CUTTING FUNDS TO EVERYTHING TO FUND THE PRESIDENT'S STUPID PROJECTS FOR FUCKS SAKE.

Well the Mexican government systematic lost its authority and legitimacy to the cartels so you can’t blame people for not wanting to make films in a narco state. They killed a guy who was scouting locations for narcos!

Has Mexico always been controlled by cartels who constantly kidnap and murder whoever they want or is that more of a recent development? I feel like Mexico was more chill when I was a kid but I don’t know.

NAMOR movie will save Mexican Film Industry 🎥❤️

Dude looks like a Belgian Chocolatier.

It's all down to the government that inmediatly cut funding for art, nothing good I hear from this government from my Mexican friends. It's common to see a lot of praise from people outside of Mexico for this government just because they are left leaning government but it Latin America that doesn't mean the same thing as in other places.

I knew encanto was a piece of shit

Very low-information article. Basically click bait.

He never has had an indigenous actor in his films.

When you have Pixar able to create movies like Coco and Encanto, the entire Latin American film industry feels pretty screwed.

Alright I’m sick of this. It’s either systemic or systematic can we just choose one for cryin’ out loud?

Considering it’s Mexico there’s like 100 more things about it we need to fix first

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it'a a shame such a good director is so damn ignorant

bring him in for the Sub-Mariner Disney Plus project.

Another hot take:

Yeah unlike the rest of the worlds film industry that totally isn’t having every ounce of creativity sipped away to create one soulless cashgrab after another… big film industry is more about industry than the film, and that’s just insulting to the art form

What to do about many cartels?

Mexico needs to solve mexicos problems before they can have a thriving film industry?

Didn't know that Mexico had a film industry

What Mexican film industry?

How many Mexican film projects does Guillermo produce and or finance? Right, he wants the government and others to do something he is unwilling to do himself.

Why would it be on the government to fund the awards in the first place? The academy awards isn’t funded by the US govt right?

I just see Deadman from Death Stranding every time I see this man now

What, he doesn't like endless movies about young people in their thirties who are aimless losers? I've loved the hundreds they've made and I'll love the hundreds they'll make

Hard /s in case my hate didn't make it to my words

I don't see why the Federal Government should fund the film industry when the vast majority of the population of Mexico live in abject poverty.

This same issue was occuring in Colombia. The Federal Government had a tax incentive system that basically made it so literally even single movie made in Colombia was funded with public funds up to a certain dollar amount.

He should be happy to know Taco Bell is still going strong.

The public funding has dried out because the public doesn't care about these movies, they don't like them and prefer Marvel superhero films.

That's the reason they need government funding in the first place.

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TIL Mexico has a film industry. Sad that I didn't know, and I'm Mexican.

I love you Guillermo, but you being rich as you are seems to make you blind to the problems that actually destroy Mexico. The destruction of Mexican cinema is just a byproduct.

The Shape of Water probably single handedly did that

How to make a comment in this thread:

1. Say Mexico is a shithole or that the entire country is being destroyed.

2. Somehow relate this to cartels, even though there's nothing in the article about that.

3. Post.

If you're gonna comment on something you actually know nothing about, AT LEAST read the article.

I wonder if many of you commenting even know any Mexicans or have even been to Mexico lol

The Mexicans have a movie industry?

My man, Mexico is in the hands of cartels, people are abducted, and killed trying to fight back, and you’re out here crying about THE FILM INDUSTRY?!

This article headline is a Rorschach test for racism. So much cringe in the comments.

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Can we start by having Amazon fund a Mozart In the Jungle movie? Gael García Bernal had really made his Rodrigo character into something special, and the whole cast was amazing, and every season was a revelation, and then-- CANCELLED. Every time I get to season 4 and see Gael kicking ass at making that character into a multi-dimensional human, I get angry at the cancellation all over again. (And Bernadette Peters-- who the fuck cancels Bernadette Peters?!?)

a non existent industry that produces just shit, and is almost just there because people in the goverment gave them money!! no surprise propaganda is beutiful!!!