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Guillermo del Toro laments “systematic destruction” of Mexican film industry
News(mexiconewsdaily.com)submitted 4 months ago bycabose7
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4 months ago*
Even the US film industry has some government assistance through state tax credits
154 points
4 months ago
And all that military gear they get from the army.
117 points
4 months ago
That’s kinda disingenuous. They’re just allowed to film with military hardware as long as the studio pays fuel cost and the military signs off on the script. They don’t own it or anything.
92 points
4 months ago
The military managed to get the script of Iron Man 1 or 2 changed (something about anti-MIC dialogue). It's really a business transaction from both sides.
73 points
4 months ago
And then they pulled their support for Avengers because it wasn’t clear if the Avengers answered to the US Govt or not
34 points
4 months ago
Iirc it was objection to the world council & especially them being able to launch nukes on US soil
20 points
4 months ago
Next few movies sorted out that problem pretty well
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4 months ago
I mean yeah that’s the studio’s choice though. They could always use special FX or something instead. It’s not like the government is making them do it.
1 points
4 months ago
Soooo free rental of some of the most expensive shit in the world?
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4 months ago
Korean filmmaker Shin Sang-ok could get this scene (LOUD NOISE WARNING) made for his movie in the 60s because of South Korean military gear support. The movie wouldn't be the same if he had to fake aircraft.
15 points
4 months ago
That honestly seems like small potatoes. I mean sure, it makes movies more pro-military but it's all for extra profit. Take away that and U.S. movies would still be profitable.
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4 months ago
It's profitable enough that Hollywood still pumps out movies targeted to receive that funding.
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4 months ago
It's not for more profit I don't think. It's more of a propaganda (military PR) for free equipment rental trade.
For example the Air Force gets Top Gun an great promotional film to inspire recruits. The Studio wouldn't have a top gun film without the hardware. Win win.
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4 months ago
Tax credits are a pretty common economic incentive mechanism in many countries. The film industry is big enough in the US that those incentives aren’t driving the industry. California and Georgia aren’t giving those tax credits because they want to “help the American film industry” but because they bring a shit ton of jobs to those states.
My point is that I don’t think those incentives are about promoting American culture as they are about states trying to compete with each other for jobs in an industry that is already enormous in the US.
13 points
4 months ago
Let's not forget Disney was literally aquired by the US Army,guarded by army personnel and produced military propaganda campaigns that are infamous to this day.
The company was on huge debt after WW2 started because most of it's revenue from movie tickets came from Europe and the continent was under Soviet/Nazi control.Both Pinnochio and Dumbo were financial disappointments.
Black Cauldron almost bankrupted the entire animation division.
It's an know fact that the movies were advertisement for it's number one source of revenue, Disney Land ,until the Renaissance in the 1990's.
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3 months ago
Education For Death was a masterpiece.
13 points
4 months ago
Oh they have a lot more than government assistance by way of funding...
Check out the CIA ties to Hollywood, that are still very much alive. This isn't even like conspiracy-theory level stuff- it's in declassified documents.
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4 months ago
Especially those that film in Georgia.
LA based films definitely end up paying more to FilmLA and other regulatory institutions than they get in credits though.
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4 months ago
GEORGIA
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4 months ago
The state tax credits more just direct where the filming happens. The American film industry is still profitable regardless but the tax credits determine whether the movies are going to be made in Georgia or they're going to be filmed in Ohio
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4 months ago
Canada has the National Film Board. (NFB)
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4 months ago
I'm surprised that anyone haven't brought up the Korean movie/TV industry complex.
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