Charlie Kaufman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, delivered a spot-on acceptance speech for his Laurel Award honor at the WGA Awards on Sunday, ripe for the moment as the guild prepares to take on the AMPTP in another round of contract negotiations.
“We’ve been trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what they do,” said Kaufman, surveying the studio executives. The WGA published their requirements template on 27 February.
“We’re trained to apply to people who are not motivated by curiosity but protect their work,” he added, prompting the first big round of applause at tonight’s awards ceremony in the Fairmont Century Plaza ballroom.
“Our job is not to add to their wealth or ours, it’s not to please them or critics or the public,” he said, “our job is to reflect the world and say what despite so many lies.” where is .”
“The rest is window dressing at best,” he continued.
“Adrienne Rich wrote, ‘I know that art means nothing if it only adorns the dinner table with the power it holds hostage,'” Kaufman said to another cheer.
“The world is a mess, the world is beautiful, the world is incredibly complicated, and we have an opportunity to explore it.”
“If we give it up for the root, we might as well be the executives,” de said is John Malkovich Added author. “We have become their followers. I dropped the ball, wasted years seeking the approval of people with money.
“Don’t get caught up in their world of registration numbers! We don’t work for them!” Kaufman exclaimed to a third round of applause.
“We don’t work for the box office world, we work for the world.”
He encouraged the writers in the room to write honest stories.
“They made us believe we couldn’t do it without them,” he said. “But the truth is, without us they can’t do anything worthwhile.”
And the ballroom went wild.
Actress Jessie Buckley, star of Kaufman’s Netflix film I’m thinking about ending things presented the filmmaker with his Laurel Award.
Source: Deadline
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