07-08-2025, 06:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2025, 06:40 PM by bruttenholm.)
Has the return of Donald Trump also affected your work?
Well, he’s fucked up the latest film I was working on. Because it was a satire about the last several years when things were going as they were. He’s turned it upside down. So he’s killed my movie.
That’s The Carnival at the End of Days, right?
Yes. I had a sub-title that said: “Great fun for all of those who enjoy taking offense.” That was how I approached it. I think Trump has destroyed satire. I mean, how can you be satirical about what’s going on in the way he’s doing the world?
With Carnival, the other day I was thinking I was going to put a little preamble on it saying that what you’re about to see takes place during the period historians refer to as the Trump lost years from 2020 to 2024.
Do you think that there might still be a way to do the movie, maybe in a few years?
I think I’ve got to rewrite a lot of it. I’m still trying to decide how to approach that.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies...236307758/
Well, he’s fucked up the latest film I was working on. Because it was a satire about the last several years when things were going as they were. He’s turned it upside down. So he’s killed my movie.
That’s The Carnival at the End of Days, right?
Yes. I had a sub-title that said: “Great fun for all of those who enjoy taking offense.” That was how I approached it. I think Trump has destroyed satire. I mean, how can you be satirical about what’s going on in the way he’s doing the world?
With Carnival, the other day I was thinking I was going to put a little preamble on it saying that what you’re about to see takes place during the period historians refer to as the Trump lost years from 2020 to 2024.
Do you think that there might still be a way to do the movie, maybe in a few years?
I think I’ve got to rewrite a lot of it. I’m still trying to decide how to approach that.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies...236307758/