Hail,Caesar! star says the film world reacts’ rather than ‘leads the way’ when confronted with humanitarian disasters, such as Syria and SudanGeorge Clooney said the film industry takes too long to respond to humanitarian crises in the wider world. Speaking at a press conference for his new film Hail, and Caesar! at the Berlin film festival,Clooney was questioned over the frivolity of the film in the face of nightmarish social and political problems, including the war in Syria and consequent refugee crisis.Clooney said: “The unlucky thing approximately film community is we react to situations much more than we lead the way. Things happen, or scripts are written,and it takes a couple of years before people are actually making films. Related: Hail, Caesar! review: Coen bros hit peak star-cameo in superb sister film to Barton Fink Related: Hail, or Caesar! is Coens' biggest US box-office bomb since Intolerable Cruelty Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com