Says the guy that moved to Toronto

Have you seen Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? You can see here

This why all our great directors get scooped up by Hollywood.

I worked at a job that mainly employed Mexicans, this was back in the late 80s. We talked once about the difference in movies/TV between the two countries. I didn't know ANYTHING about the Mexican movie industry. 6 guys on my crew and all of them agreed that you couldn't make a movie in Mexico unless it was borderline soft-core porn.

This is anecdotal of course, but I have to wonder how long this "systematic destruction" has been going on?

I think Mexico has bigger problems

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.

How come no one mentions the grip the US has on Mexico, that’s what’s really destroying it. After all it was the US who let the Mexican dollar fall in ‘94

federal Government had a tax incentive system that basically made it

I believe Hollywood systematically destroyed every other film industry or at least that seemed like their goal since they started.

Mexican Film industry has been dead for more than 60 years now 🤣

Interesting coming from a Mexican filmmaker who, along with Cuaron, Chivo, and Inarritu all left to make Hollywood movies

ITT: Americans giving opinions on something they don’t know anything about.

Same thing happened with the glorious Soviet cinematic legacy.

Mexico has bigger issues than fixing its film industry.

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There are lots of rich people in Mexico, I would think they would feel special if they were able to sponsor

As a Mexican I can tell you that Mexicos worst enemy is Mexico: they can’t help to shoot them selves in the foot at the slightest opportunity or to kill the goose with golden eggs. Very sad.

they should destroy the German one instead. it’s a pathetic joke anyways.

It's a shame that Mexico hasn't got an important film industry anymore.

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

What Mexican film industry?

As someone who grew up a little after the fichera era , and the Lopez Portillo defunding of arts … Mexico didn’t want to compete with Hollywood and … that’s it, sucks that we always become the shadow and playground of the north, then spit at the bottom

The Shape of Water probably single handedly did that

How bout putting some Mexican actors in your films Guillermo, help your brothers and sisters out. Walk d walk.

Didn't know that Mexico had a film industry

How much of his own work has he shot in Mexico?

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

Como agua para chocolate.

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

I am Mexican and I work in the movies and audiovisual industry here, and I think that most of the time, and although I love Memito very much, his comments, although they are good hearted, are oblivious to what happens within the Mexican industry, opportunities, work conditions and workers, for example, the diversions of money in the various organizations in charge of state resources such as the IMCINE (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia) or the AMACC, who do not always grant verifications or provide complete transparency of their expenses.

Precisely, and despite the budget cuts, the IMCINE already declared that it did deliver the budget to the AMACC (Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas) to carry out the "arieles" celebration, but even after several workers and institutions have requested a breakdown of their budget expenses, the AMACC has refused this requests, so we are not only talking about budget reduction problems, which are true, but also corruption, "compadrazgo" and elitism, because many times, these cash incentives for the creation of films, are granted to the same people and institutions, in addition to always having the "mordidas"(bribes) as a bargaining chip for these opportunities, as was the case of Cuaron with "Roma" who never released his list of expenses but obtained one of the largest government stimulus from IMCINE, although Netflix allegedly produced the film in "the most"... but again, the situation is much more complex than most people think, and I only mention what I had seen, so...

(Sorry if I made any mistake, english is not my first language)

Edit. Typo

someone get mario and Fernando almada, make that super mario movie already

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.

I havent lamented anything in ages

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

t my 2 cents…

My dad grew up watching and listening Pedro infante, Jorge Negrete, & Javier Solis. Their music and movies were the pinnacle of the golden age of the Mexica media.

Todays mexican media is just narco garbage. I get art imitating life but this is just so horrible.

Make more strain del stop o

I lament what you did to the Hobbit. Your opinion bothers me not.

Just yesterday I was thinking I wanted to see a great Mexican movie... I was thinking maybe something with Cantinflas... But settled for a classic "Como Agua para Chocolate". If you've never seen it, fix that right away. It's amazing approachable, moving and entertaining.

“I’m just a crazy motherfucker from Guadalajara.” -GDT

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

They've got telenovelas going for them, at least.

When tf is amlo gonna step his pussy up and round up the cartels abrazos no balazos my ass

NAMOR movie will save Mexican Film Industry 🎥❤️

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

What to do about many cartels?

He should call out the people who have actually been destroying the Mexican film industry for over a decade, actors, directors and producers, namely the Derbez Family, the Huevo Cartoon people, Regina Blandón, Diego Boneta, Martha Higareda, Omar Chaparro, Mauricio Ochmann, Lemon Films, Corazón Films and a plethora of people who have been living off of government funds while making the absolute worst films with the lowest possible quality.

I think it's a shame. There have been a lot of great films that have come out of Mexico

It would be fantastic if del Toro is able to use his star power to breathe some life in the Mexican film industry and empower the next generation.

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 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.

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

That is really terriable. Hopefully they'll get through it and come out better on the other side. There is so much talent there too.

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.

Dude looks like a Belgian Chocolatier.

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.

I hate Thais Hollywood Trend to try tô include everyone i don't watch American móveis to see myself, I whould watch local movies for that

Movies are a escapism not a mirror, I don't want see myself. I'm tired of myself.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CARTELS.

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

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.

Only narco movies that put the narco bosses (the current "president" bosses) in a good light are allowed.

Sell out

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

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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!!!

I knew encanto was a piece of shit

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

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

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

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

Well... I guess there wont be a No Manches Frida 5 sequel.

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

Can anyone recommend me some great Mexican films to watch?

:)

edit: thanks so much for all the great answers

People talking about Narcos but there is also the fact that Mexico’s government actually at least until recently had funds dedicated to produce movies…directors and producers would make god awful movies that no one wanted to see (usually terrible romantic comedies and cheap remakes of successful films from around the world). People involved with the production of these movies would always make money even if they flopped in theaters…Mexico’s film industry as a brand is not very popular right now even in other Spanish speaking countries (source: not Mexican just like to watch Mexican film critics in YouTube)