Feat Pointing your finger Donald Trump to destroy comedy. The Open -language director detailed how his next film“Carnival at the end of the days“Has mainly been prevented in the middle of Trumpsecond term as president. “Carnival at the end of the days” was Set to start movies in April 2025; The rollist includes Johnny Depp, Jeff Bridges and Adam Driver.
But now Gilliam is back to the board. Told the filmmaker Thr In front of the Umbria Film Festival (where he serves as a president of honor) that he will have to “rewrite” the movie, as Trump’s presidency has “destroyed Satire” as a concept.
“He has fucked up the latest movie I worked with,” Gilliam said about the president. “Because it was a satire about in recent years when it went as they were. He has turned it up and down. So he has killed my movie.”
He added, “I had a subtitle that said:” Pretty fun for anyone who enjoys making crimes. “That’s how I contacted it. Have been very shy about telling jokes, making fun of things, because if you tell you a joke, these people say you come across someone.
However, the project can still be saved with some tweaks. “With ‘Carnival’, the past, I thought I would put a little preamble to it and say that what you should see takes place during the period Historians that Trump lost year from 2020 to 2024. (…) I think I have to write about a lot of it. I still try to decide how to approach it.”
Bridges was intended to play the voice of God, with DEPP thrown like Satan. Jason Momoa, Asa Butterfield, Emma Laird and Tom Waits also play.
“You would think everyone would rush forward to give me all the money I need,” Gilliam said of the role, saying the stars are “pretty good.” “It’s not as easy as that.”
He concluded: “Irony (and) satire (is) basically dead. And humor, for me, is probably one of the most essential things in life. You have six senses, and the seventh feeling is humor, and if you don’t have it, life will be miserable.”
