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    Chris Nolan and Steve McQueen Sign Letter Asking Government for More Cinema Funding

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    A number of big names ranging from directors, producers, and actors have signed a petition appealing for more funding for cinemas from the British government amid Covid-19 pandemic.

    Jan 19, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Christopher Nolan and Steve McQueen are among the big names to have signed a letter to U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, appealing for more funding for cinemas amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
    The letter – a follow-up to the U.K. Cinema Association’s Keep the Magic Alive campaign in December (20) – states that while the British government has tried to help the struggling sector, it’s not enough to keep them afloat.
    “There is no doubt that if supported to survive, the sector will recover and once again thrive. But the need for direct financial support is pressing,” the letter, also signed by filmmakers Guy Ritchie, Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott, Danny Boyle, and Asif Kapadia, producers Barbara Broccoli and David Heyman, and actors Noel Clarke and Jude Law, reads. “We recognise the support that government has already been able to provide. But we fear that this will not be enough, with the challenges being most acute for those larger cinema operators who have not been able to access any tailored funding.”

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    “These companies represent over 80 per cent of the market, in many ways constituting its ‘critical mass’ and helping to drive the success of associated sectors such as film distribution and production coalesce. Without them, the future of the entire U.K. film industry would look extremely precarious.”
    Due to Covid-19 lockdowns in the U.K., the majority of cinemas closed towards the end of 2020, and have yet to re-open. And while some of the smaller cinema operators have received funding through the British Film Institute, it’s thought that the larger companies – such as Cineworld and Odeon – haven’t been given any government support, other than generic business support such as the furlough scheme.
    “U.K. cinema stands on the edge of an abyss. We urgently need targeted funding support to ensure that future generations can enjoy the magic of cinema,” the letter concludes.
    In total, more than 40 figures from the U.K. film industry have signed the letter, which was printed in The Sunday Times newspaper.

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      Christopher Nolan Denies Bizarre Claim He Bans Chairs From Set

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      Social media has been abuzz with memes after Anne Hathaway said in an interview with Variety that the ‘Dark Knight Rises’ director doesn’t allow chairs on sets of his movies.
      Jul 1, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Christopher Nolan’s team has set the record straight after people were buzzing on the internet following reports that the filmmaker bans chairs from set. Denying the absurd claims, a spokesperson for the director says that the statements about Nolan’s chair ban were not accurate.
      “For the record, the only things banned from [Nolan’s] sets are cell phones (not always successfully) and smoking (very successfully),” Nolan’s spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak of ID said in a statement to IndieWire. As for Anne Hathaway’s claims that the “Tenet” helmer doesn’t allow chairs on the set, the spokesperson says, “The chairs Anne was referring to are the directors chairs clustered around the video monitor, allocated on the basis of hierarchy not physical need.”
      Novak goes on explaining that Nolan opts out of using his chair, but doesn’t impose the same preference on others working with him. “Chris chooses not to use his but has never banned chairs from the set. Cast and crew can sit wherever and whenever they need and frequently do,” so the spokesperson claims.
      Hathaway previously praised Nolan’s decision to ban chairs from set to prevent unproductive work ethic. “Chris also doesn’t allow chairs … and his reasoning is, if you have chairs, people will sit, and if they’re sitting, they’re not working,” she said in an “Actors on Actors” video interview with Hugh Jackman published on Monday, June 29.
      The actress, who has worked with the filmmaker on “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Interstellar”, went on singing praise for Nolan, “He has these incredible movies in terms of scope and ambition and technical prowess and emotion. It always arrives at the end under schedule and under budget. I think he’s onto something with the chair thing.”
      The interview prompted backlash from film critics and journalists over the alleged “no chairs on set” rule. However, many have come to Nolan’s defense, with “Mandy” co-writer Aaron Stewart-Ahn writing on Twitter that “we had plenty of chairs and tables in our staging area” on “The Dark Knight Rises”.
      Journalists Jeff Jensen and Gregory Ellwood also took to social media to say there were plenty of chairs when they visited the set of the Batman movie. Jensen additionally said that he visited the “Interstellar” set and there were chairs.

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