If Hollywood’s labor drama were a script, this would be the start of Act Two.
On Wednesday, as writers walk picket lines outside the major studios, the Directors Guild of America will sit down for its negotiations on a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
A deal — if they are able to reach one — could help resolve the writers strike. That’s what happened 15 years ago, when the Writers Guild of America was on strike and the directors went in for their contract negotiations. Leveraging the pressure of an industry-wide work stoppage that was in its third month, the DGA secured milestone agreements for unfettered jurisdiction over the internet and a residual formula for what was then quaintly known as “new media” exploitation of movies and TV shows.
The WGA then had the same terms baked into its 2008 contract through “pattern bargaining,” which ensures...
On Wednesday, as writers walk picket lines outside the major studios, the Directors Guild of America will sit down for its negotiations on a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
A deal — if they are able to reach one — could help resolve the writers strike. That’s what happened 15 years ago, when the Writers Guild of America was on strike and the directors went in for their contract negotiations. Leveraging the pressure of an industry-wide work stoppage that was in its third month, the DGA secured milestone agreements for unfettered jurisdiction over the internet and a residual formula for what was then quaintly known as “new media” exploitation of movies and TV shows.
The WGA then had the same terms baked into its 2008 contract through “pattern bargaining,” which ensures...
- 5/9/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
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Day three at the Glasgow Film Festival began with a screening of John Ford’s The Grapes Of Wrath which went down a treat with audiences, including people seeing it for the first time. All of the films in the Rebel Heroes series are free, so as long as you’re in the area and not too hungover from the previous night’s festival fun to scrape yourself out of bed, they’re a great place to start the day. Much of the morning and afternoon is dedicated to second screenings of films shown in the evenings, which many people use to work around clashes (you might be surprised by how many people take holidays from work for the festival), and on Friday there was also a chance to see a local film, Which Way Up, which...
Day three at the Glasgow Film Festival began with a screening of John Ford’s The Grapes Of Wrath which went down a treat with audiences, including people seeing it for the first time. All of the films in the Rebel Heroes series are free, so as long as you’re in the area and not too hungover from the previous night’s festival fun to scrape yourself out of bed, they’re a great place to start the day. Much of the morning and afternoon is dedicated to second screenings of films shown in the evenings, which many people use to work around clashes (you might be surprised by how many people take holidays from work for the festival), and on Friday there was also a chance to see a local film, Which Way Up, which...
- 2/25/2018
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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