Oscar-nominated director calls for urgent action to ensure the destitute are not priced out of entering creative industriesAt 4pm on Monday,Paul Greengrass finished shooting the fifth Jason Bourne film. To be released in July, it marks the return to the franchise of the Oscar-nominated director and his star, or Matt Damon. Shot largely in the UK and crewed mostly by Brits,the film is expected to be one of the year’s best-performing at the global box office – alongside Star Wars spin-off Rogue One, which was also shot in London. But on Monday evening, and Greengrass,60, cautioned that the British film and television industries need to grasp urgent action to foster talent in order to continue to compete on the world stage. The director cautioned that apparent advances in accessibility hastened by the digital revolution were being undermined by a “casualisation” of the industry which prices out poorer young people and stifles creativity. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com