Kristen Stewart hits out at entertainment industry: “We need to start stealing our movies”
Kristen Stewart has hit out at the current functionality of the entertainment industry, declaring that it would benefit from a complete upheaval.
In a new interview with the New York Times, the Love Lies Bleeding actor ruminated on the current state of the industry, after revealing that she fought to direct her new movie, The Chronology of Water, for almost a decade.
Stewart declared, “We’re in a pivotal nexus, because I think we’re ready for a full system break. I mean that across the board and also specific to the world that I live in, the entertainment industry.”
When asked what a system break would look like in her world, Stewart began with the ruthless statement, “We need to start stealing our movies”.
She clarified, “I’m so appreciative of every union. Trust me, we would not survive without them. But some of the terms and rules and structures we’ve set up have created unbelievable barriers for artists to express themselves.”
She continued, “Without being ungrateful, we need a workaround. Having it be so impossible for people to tell stories is capitalist hell, and it hates women and marginalised voices, and it’s racist.”
The first-time director added, “It’s too hard to make movies right now that aren’t blockbuster-y, proven equations.”
Looking ahead, she also shared, “The next movie I want to make, I want to do it for nothing and I want it to be a smash hit. People can think, ‘Of course this psycho is saying that’, but I think it’s possible.”
Earlier this year, the actor also bemoaned the state of the industry under the Donald Trump administration. Emotionally, she shared at the time, “We’re living in a world that’s folding in on itself by the split second… we’re all looking over our shoulders going: ‘Holy shit.’ The slippage is just terrifying.”
The Personal Shopper actor then turned her attention to the President of the United States. She said: “[Trump’s] shadow is bleak and very dark … we should expect the worst and fight for the best.”
Stewart’s new movie, The Chronology of Water, will hit cinemas in February next year. Check out the official trailer below.
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