The filmmakers behind “Hotel Mumbai” have pushed back at criticism that their film is “overly sympathetic to terrorists” in the wake of the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Director and co-writer Anthony Maras and co-writer John Collee clarified that they made the decision this week along with New Zealand distributor Icon Film Distribution to suspend the release of “Hotel Mumbai” from New Zealand cinemas, where it had already opened on March 14. In a joint statement given to TheWrap, Maras and Collee defended the hyper-realistic and intense film.
“The Christchurch attack was a tragic mirror image of Mumbai. We pulled the film from Nz cinemas as it’s clearly such a loaded issue in that place at that time,” Maras and Collee said. “However, we reject the idea that real life acts of violence should not be the subject of drama. If that were the case, we’d lose half...
Director and co-writer Anthony Maras and co-writer John Collee clarified that they made the decision this week along with New Zealand distributor Icon Film Distribution to suspend the release of “Hotel Mumbai” from New Zealand cinemas, where it had already opened on March 14. In a joint statement given to TheWrap, Maras and Collee defended the hyper-realistic and intense film.
“The Christchurch attack was a tragic mirror image of Mumbai. We pulled the film from Nz cinemas as it’s clearly such a loaded issue in that place at that time,” Maras and Collee said. “However, we reject the idea that real life acts of violence should not be the subject of drama. If that were the case, we’d lose half...
- 3/22/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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