\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div><\/div> \t\t\t\t\t\u2018Paper Tiger.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCannes Film Festival<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThere were some recastings as it remained in development. Did you come in after that?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tI read the script before that; after that, yes, I came in. I was at lunch with James and we had a call with the producers, like\u00a0Rodrigo\u00a0[Teixeira], and they said, \u201cThe movie is not happening.\u201d He had a film before that was supposed to go with Zoe, my wife, and he\u2019s really a friend. I said \u201cOK, let me think about this.\u201d Within a week we put the rest together and he went to make his film.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tHow did it turn around, if it looked like it wasn\u2019t happening?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tIt was missing the money aspect and I helped figure out the money aspect. I supported that aspect and the movie came through.<\/p>\n \n\tWhat are some of the biggest challenges right now in getting movies like\u00a0Paper Tiger<\/em>\u00a0made?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThere are so many. It\u2019s very difficult to generate a real business right now. Around the world, people go to the cinema to watch this type of film. There\u2019s more [understanding] around what it means to be an auteur, so I hope America really, really will [embrace that], too. The big challenge here is pure economic business. There is a struggle right now to just put together these types of films, and that\u2019s where I see an opportunity: to come in and try to support it.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\u2018Fjord.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCannes Film Festival<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tI know you\u2019re focused on the distribution end, and strategizing ways to get these movies widely seen.\u00a0Paper Tiger<\/em>\u00a0recently sold to Neon in the U.S. I imagine a lot of the filmmakers you\u2019re working with are resistant to streaming. Are you finding that?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tEverything is finding the balance. The question we need to ask is not about being for or against streaming, but how we can support filmmakers on that [topic] correctly. Thinking about it, streaming will be part of the future, but the question is can we protect and continue to make this type of film that goes to cinema, that creates an experience \u2014 and after, if they need to go to streaming, they go to streaming. It\u2019s very important to have that experience. I believe in the spirit of the cinema because when I was very lonely, I spent so much time in the movie theater.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tI don\u2019t think one thing takes away from the other. I just think it\u2019s important to be sure: Can we support one another? What does the filmmaker want? That\u2019s what we need to consider very carefully. It\u2019s about asking the filmmaker how you see your film, where you see your film. I\u2019m asking the question all the time: What James wants, what Andrey wants, what all these people want.<\/p>\n \n\tComing off of this first round of producing, what are some of the big lessons learned for you in how to move forward?<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tThe first big lesson is, more than ever, I believe that directors need to be speaking together. Just to understand where everything started for me here, there\u2019s this photo of all these great artists together at Mr Chow. I asked myself: Why doesn\u2019t a photo like this exist for today\u2019s auteurs? I grew up with\u00a0Coppola,\u00a0Scorsese,\u00a0Spielberg,\u00a0Lucas\u00a0\u2014 they were all together. So I created a manifesto of a creative community, why we need to do this again. My first step was, \u201cLet me see if you want some help from a complete outsider.\u201d The second part, now, is to try to put the community together and see where in the next five years film will change, and how we can support these filmmakers in that. That\u2019s really what I want to do now: Build this community. I want to have the same picture of all these great filmmakers together, who can learn [from] each other, exchange ideas with each other, and protect each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hollywoodreporter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marco Perego, a conceptual artist whose work has been displayed around the world, grew up on world cinema and tends to watch a movie every day. 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