August 31st 2023.
At a press conference during the Venice Film Festival on Thursday, actor Adam Driver was vocal about the ongoing strikes in Hollywood, mentioning streaming giants Amazon and Netflix. He called out why these larger companies seem to be struggling to comply with the demands of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Driver said, “Why is it that a smaller distribution company like Neon and STX International can meet the dream demands of what SAG is asking for, but a big company like Netflix and Amazon can’t? Every time people from SAG go and support a movie that has agreed to these terms – the interim agreement – it just makes it more obvious that these people are willing to support the people that they collaborate with, and the others are not.”
Having starred in Netflix films such as “White Noise” and “Marriage Story”, which earned him an Oscar nomination, Adam Driver is one of the few actors who are participating in events at the Venice Film Festival through the interim agreement waivers with SAG-AFTRA for independent projects.
The actor is currently starring in Michael Mann’s “Ferrari”, an independent film that chronicles the life of Italian sports car magnate Enzo Ferrari. Driver expressed his happiness to be a part of the film, and further praised the SAG leadership directive, which is an effective tactic used in the interim agreement.
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