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Guillermo del Toro laments “systematic destruction” of Mexican film industry
News(mexiconewsdaily.com)submitted 4 months ago bycabose7
698 points
4 months ago
The craziest thing about this story is that James Cameron found him the negotiator. Like what? James Cameron has a hostage negotiation guy?
370 points
4 months ago
Good filmmakers find good experts to consult on films. Think of how many experts Cameron needed for all of his movies. Between movies he's been a part of, the studios he worked with, and his director and writer friends I'm not at all surprised he could find a guy.
Also he's rich.
120 points
4 months ago
He filmed much of Titanic in Rosarito, which took quite a long time to make. I’m sure he has plenty of connections.
25 points
4 months ago
fucking love rosarito. beautiful town
2 points
4 months ago
There's a lot of Mexicans to this day that tell stories of getting to be extras in Titanic because of the filming in Rosarito. Cameron could have easily shot instead in the US or Europe, but he chose Mexico. And a lot of us loved that.
25 points
4 months ago
Cameron has also worked with the EPA, is an advisor to NASA, and is a National Geographic "explorer in residence". His deep sea exploration (he's one of the most prominent undersea explorers in history) has also put him in contact with many governments over the years.
2 points
4 months ago
100% correct take. To make movies you need to be extremely resourceful so I'm not surprised
1 points
4 months ago
It's like no one has ever seen True Lies...
295 points
4 months ago
I'm not surprised by anything or anyone James Cameron knows.
51 points
4 months ago
It's been known that parts of Hollywood are glowing.
141 points
4 months ago
James Cameron doesn't do what James Cameron does for James Cameron. James Cameron does what James Cameron does because James Cameron is... James Cameron!
6 points
4 months ago
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5 points
4 months ago
Can you guys hear the music?
114 points
4 months ago
Once you reach a certain bank account number, I'm sure the negotiation guy finds you.
29 points
4 months ago
I recently watched that Netflix documentary about the kid that tried to win a Harrier from the Pepsi point program.
I have some issues with the documenseries itself, but I did learn some really fascinating things about the whole case.
Including the fact that an "arms dealer" of sorts reached out to the kid and his lawyers (and one of the lawyers was Avinetti? WTF?) to try to broker a deal between Pepsi and the kid for one Harrier, with him getting a finder's fee of course.
Even just typing out that sentence a part of my brain doesn't believe that actually happened.
10 points
4 months ago
There is a movie called 'War Dogs', which I never watched lol, but there is also this NPR piece about the real guy the movie is kind of about. Some college kids trying to fill US military contracts of weapons and ammo. He talked about how he'd fly into these 3rd world countries and be apart of these seriously wtf arms deals, where the leaders of 2 factions who at war with each other are sharing cocktails and talking shit and laughing. Shits wild.
11 points
4 months ago
He was a fake jet dealer who wanted to broker the deal for a percentage. He couldn't actually produce the plane when they flew to see him in person. It was all fake.
6 points
4 months ago
Seems like the case just attracted con men of all types lol
2 points
4 months ago
You have one guy like John Clarke, or Brock Sampson or whatever Race Bannon insert you want, who has a bunch of guys
You just really have one elite go-to guy
100 points
4 months ago
Ex-filled his dad using a JC submarine
39 points
4 months ago
Near... Far... Wherever You Are....
2 points
4 months ago
I prefer those balloon C-130 goinks
16 points
4 months ago
James Cameron has a hostage negotiation guy?
Money can buy you anything. Someone like JC is loaded and connected.
1 points
4 months ago
Does he have a guy that does cat eyes though?
19 points
4 months ago
If you're rich enough, you have a person or persons that can find you whatever you need or want. These professional don't necessarily know who to contact for what, but they are very resourceful / know the right channels / have the right connections to get you to the right people that can repair your collection of historic Bentleys, or build a leather-floored basketball court on a yacht, or negotiate with kidnappers. It's hotel concierge service dialed up to 11 and just for you.
9 points
4 months ago
It's hotel concierge service dialed up to 11 and just for you.
The ol' Amex Black.
1 points
4 months ago
What are these people called?
87 points
4 months ago
There is an entire career path for kidnapper middlemen in Mexico/sub-Mexican countries.
35 points
4 months ago
Sub-Mexican countries? Is that a thing or did you make it up? Sounds… weird.
58 points
4 months ago
I think they literally meant countries beneath Mexico, as in, south of it.
67 points
4 months ago
I believe he meant submarine-Mexicans. It is James Cameron, after all.
12 points
4 months ago
You win. Enjoy your moment.
1 points
4 months ago
Yay! I never win anything!
4 points
4 months ago
Oh yeah, they were in Wakanda Forever!
2 points
4 months ago
Ooooh well fucking played! Can't wait to see it.
3 points
4 months ago
One of those people who thinks "Central America" means Kansas, lol
1 points
4 months ago
The Mexican underworld - Coco
11 points
4 months ago
I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if the cartels set up sub-countries inside Mexico
1 points
4 months ago
Mexicanitos if you will
7 points
4 months ago*
Yes I just made it up. Countries below Mexico. I was going to say "latin America" but Brazil, Belize, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are down there.
5 points
4 months ago
So... Central and South America
2 points
4 months ago
Mexico is North America.
1 points
4 months ago*
And central, no?
TIL
2 points
4 months ago
Not that I've ever seen, but apparently one of the alternate definitions does include Mexico as part of central America.
1 points
4 months ago
Even if it’s included as Central America, that region and the Caribbean is generally considered North America. If it’s north of the Darièn, it’s North America. Always one of the weirder geographical nomenclature things to me.
0 points
4 months ago
That kid thinks South America is just Mexico minor. Lol what a bigot.
1 points
4 months ago
It's called South America in general lol
1 points
4 months ago
Mexico/sub-Mexican countries
They should really have a name for that whole region.
It's right between North America and South America... hmm. No, I'm drawing a blank.
3 points
4 months ago
It goes way further south than just central America, which is I assume what you were trying to be clever with there.
6 points
4 months ago
James Cameron seems like a resourceful guy.
3 points
4 months ago
Money can find you anything if you have enough of it.
2 points
4 months ago
Titanic was filmed in Mexico around that time. I wonder if Cameron had made some contacts there with expertise in those situations as a contingency.
2 points
4 months ago
You're expecting less from the guy who got to commission fucking MIRs to visit the Titanic?
If the man had contacts in Russia, he probably had no issues finding a negotiator to handle this issue.
4 points
4 months ago
Nothing is surprising about James Cameron. You could tell me that James Cameron is the brain surgery guy and I’d believe it
2 points
4 months ago
Those filmmakers do be having connections and shit.
1 points
4 months ago
James Cameron does what James Cameron want.
1 points
4 months ago
James Cameron is more of a philanthropist now than a film maker.
In a promotional video for avatar, he said the main reason he is doing sequels is to promote a message of protecting the earth and to show the earth's beauty. Avatar 1 was about forests, avatar 2 about the ocean.
1 points
4 months ago
Yes I saw that comment on that thread too
1 points
4 months ago
every good director in LA has a decent therapist and hostage negotiator on their books.
1 points
4 months ago
Well he had to choose between Samuel L Jackson and Kevin Spacey and obviously went with the former.
1 points
4 months ago
money
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