Posts by Jonathan King
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And, finally, from that report
Oh, now you're just being mean.
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Sure, Jacqui, take your point on "I heard ...".
Here, though is a published note from actor Greg Ellis, who attended both the Auckland and Wellington actors meetings.
Some things to come out of tonights Equity meeting
6. Threats of the Hobbit bring taken offshore were largely dismissed as scare-mongering and a tactic
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Members of Canadian Actors Equity, US Actors Equity, the Screen Actors Guild, UK Actors Equity, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (Australia) and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists are advised not to accept work on this non-union production.
Thank you, SteveH. When will someone nail them down on this "there was no boycott", "all we wanted was a conversation, how can that derail a film?" bullsh*t?
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And it's that instruction "that no member of any FIA affiliate will agree to act in the theatrical film The Hobbit'." that -- whether you want to call it boycott, black list or ban -- paralysed the film. NO international actor could work on the film in those circumstances without being blacklisted by their own unions and would never work on a studio film again.
There's talk things have got "out of hand" over the last 5 weeks or so, but they were instantly out of hand the moment that force-10 measure was put in place. All that's happened over the last month or so is that people have realised the seriousness of the situation. Peter Jackson said on day one of this that it would seriously jeopardise the film being shot here. His position hasn't changed.
Equity's has: at that first meeting in Auckland with actors I'm told they announced talk of film leaving was "just a bluff".
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Brendon, as someone who's given 15 years to film I can tell you: it's not a good fit for a good standard of living. Right or wrong, people choose it for other reasons (which may include fantasy, delusion or even madness).
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Brendon, the meatworks being a better place to work than the film biz is a consistent theme of your posts. Might I, respectfully, suggest that people pursuing a career in film have some different priorities (above, say, secure and continuous employment) than those who perform the valuable service of chopping up animals for a living.
1500 film workers gathered on the streets of Wellington last week to say they're happy with conditions and just want to get to work.
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And what if any of those 'contractors' decided that they wanted to be employees with SECURITY.
Um, don't go into the film business? Like, seriously.
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but the document seems to also be at ...
FIA, UK Equity and MEAA all, as of earlier this evening, have No Work notice up, no sign of withdrawal.
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What? She didn't.
You asking me or telling me? ;-)
Yup. Said there was NO boycott. And that it was removed on Sunday.
Another primo piece of NZ Equity Masterpiece Theatre.
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I hope there isn't some late night history re-writing going on.
Robyn Malcolm on Close Up tonight: "There was never a boycott."
We have always been at war with EastAsia.