(03-19-2018, 10:32 PM)Donald McKinney Wrote: Stupid or not, it had to be said, the whole #MeToo and #TimesUp thing has brought out a dark side in celebrities. It has done good, but if a new allegation comes out, EVERYONE HAS TO BELIEVE IT. Erm, are we not allowed to make our own minds up about it? Are we not allowed to have opinions anymore? Isn't that what freedom of speech is about? Look at Woody Allen, all the allegations about him have been regurgitated, even though Allen was found not guilty, but because of #MeToo, you'd think he was guilty. It's become a Black Mirror nightmare scenario come true.
It was Dylan Farrow's 2014 letter to the New York Times that brought the 1993 Woody Allen custody trial back into the spotlight: https://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/0...an-farrow/
The 1993 Woody Allen Custody Ruling itself:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/danny-she...46866.html
All I can say is that Manhattan is a difficult film to watch now.
There may be criminal charges made against Weinstein in NYC soon, and the Cosby trial will certainly come to a close later this year. The other #MeToo accusations seem to more about general sexual misconduct, without any criminal charges needed. Most of these people will probably keep their heads down for a while and have some sort of comeback down the road.
Some of what we see as being a witch hunt is just social media noise. It's hard to know what to take seriously when the news cycles are at warp speed and the trending topics online are gossipy clickbait noise.
I share Bruttenholm's frustration over Gilliam's comments, but I'm hoping that everybody forgets this soon and moves onto the next thing. This way Gilliam can prepare some sort of clarification/apology for his more insensitive comments when Quixote is in Cannes. If it were just another Gilliam film (a rare thing itself), it might be in more danger of having a proper release, but there are hopefully enough film fans who will want to see this out of curiosity due to its history. Let's hope Gilliam takes some advise from his wife this time.